parables, the categories are mutually exclusive. Juridical parables are a type of double indirect parables, and the “how much more” logic can be used with other categories. These six kinds of parables deserve to be distinguished, and their characteristics must now be made explicit. Similitudes. If a simile is an explicit comparison using “like” or “as” (such as “They are like sheep without a shepherd”), similitudes are extended similes. Often it is said that they relate a typical or recurring event