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parables

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  1. In the New Testament, the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; they include the parable of the Good Samaritan and that of the Prodigal Son.

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But among contemporary socio-economic parables, Mr. Park’s latest is an amusingly cutting one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Buffett’s lessons and parables remind me of the volatility in technology stocks this year.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

As it draws to a close, Hwang’s lethal playground games are cautionary parables about tribalism driven by greed.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

He paced, paused, spoke, and paced behind his palm-leaf altar, giving every impression he was inventing his Biblical parables on the spot.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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