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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Christ used parables to explain moral questions in a way that people could understand.
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It is a kind of parable for the eighties -- a lesson about the destructiveness of greed.
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the parable of 'The Prodigal Son'
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If she had a gift, he thought, it was for parable and double-talk.
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In many ways Alan Bond's demise is a parable of the last 10 years.
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In this, like both Priest and Sister My Sister, it functions as a parable of enlightenment and individualism.
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Instead, he used wit appropriately, as in some of his parables.
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Let me tell you the parable of the Bavarian-cream pies.
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The parables of the kingdom, therefore, are still seen as relevant today by all Christians.
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When the music stopped, Gary concentrated on the parable of the prodigal son.