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Jesus' use of figures of speech, proverbs, and stories shows the simplicity, depth of insight, and sublimity of thought that only a master teacher can express. But the parables of Jesus are more than just great literature. As the author observes, “It is often overlooked that the primary purpose of the parables was to instruct those to whom the parables were originally spoken.” In fact, almost...

allegory rests on the ingenuity of the hearer rather than on the logical transference of truth from the real world to the unknown realm. An allegory is constructed so as to teach truth through each individual part of the allegory. This requires the interpreter of an allegory to be concerned with every detail. In contrast, a parable is designed to teach one essential truth; the details of a parable may be merely incidental. Let us note that the Lord Jesus Christ did not use allegories as figures to
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