Preposition: of

• sower: The message of the parable of the sower is, ' help people to start trusting God ' .

• Samaritan: Jesus Christ related the parable of the Good Samaritan.

• gardener: The presentation focused on a philosophical story known as the parable of the gardener.

• husbandman: The parable of the wicked husbandmen ( Mt. xxi.

• Pharisee: Do you remember the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector?

• virgin: I often read the parable of the ten virgins.

Preposition: about

• man: Jesus told a parable about a man who stumbled on some treasure that had been hidden in a field.

Converse of object

• tell: He told a parable about the folly of focusing on material wealth.

• speak: Verse 39, " He also spoke a parable to them.

• interpret: Our first thought has been to interpret the parable in personal terms.

• remember: Do you remember the parable of our Lord Jesus, the parable about the soils?

• act: This acted parable of Jesus was a parable about his death.

Adjective modifier

• juridical: Juridical parables are, in substance, imaginary homeopathic images crafted by professional mediators in order to resolve real conflict in the real world.

• biblical: In the biblical parable in Genesis, Adam and Eve became ashamed of their bodies after they disobeyed God.

• comic: Overall, Manderlay is a darkly comic parable that delights in muddying the waters.

• modern: What stories are you familiar with that might be called modern parables?

• famous: Each evening Canon Neil will speak about one of Rembrandt's masterpieces depicting the famous parable of Jesus " The Prodigal Son.

• religious: Not likely to make it onto the increasingly philistine Channel 4. A convincing religious parable about nuclear war and, well, sacrifice.