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A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles.It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. [1]
Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang featured the character Lola Basyang who is characterized as an elderly woman fond of telling stories to her grandchildren. [2] The character is based on Gervacia Guzman de Zamora a neighbor of author Severino Reyes who was a matriarch of the Zamora family of Quiapo, Manila. [3]
Anak ng Demonyo by Pablo S. Gomez (author) and Louie D. Celerio (artist) Anak ng Gangster by Ramon R. Marcelino (author) and Mar T. Santana (artist) Anak ng Hudas; Anak ng Impakta; Anak ng Kidlat by Virgilio Redondo (author) and Nestor Redondo (artist) Anak ng Lawin by Pablo S. Gomez (author) and Rico Rival (artist) Anak ng Tampalasan
Parable - The Leaven by John Everett Millais, ca.1860, Aberdeen Art Gallery. Ben Witherington suggests that this parable is part of a pair, [4] and shares its meaning with the preceding parable, that of the mustard seed, namely the powerful growth of the Kingdom of God from small beginnings. [2]
The following is the list of episodes for Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang (The Folktales of Grandma Basyang), a Filipino live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular Severino Reyes' classic tales.
There is no precedent in the scriptures of the Bible for a debtor paying debts from prison. However, there is a very relevant aspect of Roman law that may have been the cultural reference this parable is built around considering the Judeans of Jesus day were ruled by Rome.
The Church Fathers, and the Catholic Church subsequently, has interpreted this parable as Jesus warning Christians that they must bear fruits after their conversion worthy of repentance or risk being condemned to Hell.
Part of a parabola (blue), with various features (other colours). The complete parabola has no endpoints. In this orientation, it extends infinitely to the left, right, and upward.