English-Swedish translations for parable

• parabel en
• liknelse en
  Herr talman! En liknelse i bibeln lär läsaren att bygga sitt hus på klippa.Mr President, a biblical parable teaches the reader to build his house on a rock.
  Därför talar jag till er i dag, och lyfter fram Europeiska året för interkulturell dialog, med liknelser från naturen som bekräftar ert enastående mänskliga värde.Thus it is that we come before you today, highlighting this Year of Intercultural Dialogue, bringing parables from the natural world to affirm your transcendent human values.
  Han talade i liknelser, så jag förstod inte alls vad han sa.

Definition of parable

• A short narrative illustrating a lesson by comparison or analogy
• To represent by parable
• That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable

Examples

• In the New Testament the parables told by Jesus Christ convey His message, as in "The parable of the prodigal son
• Catholic sermons normally draw on at least one Biblical lecture, often parables

Related words

• separable
• comparable
• incomparable
• inseparable
• irreparable
• reparable
• uncomparable
• sparable
• separable verb