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Parables The Lord uses Parables to veil the meaning Greek in origin and means a setting side by side, a comparison—with material things The Hebrew—Mashal used to translate A simple story used to illustrate and teach a spiritual truth or principle. A parable is based on comparing an ordinary object or event to a truth”  Thus it is that the parable exhibits the condition of all true knowledge. Only he who seeks finds. (1)