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"Parable" is a term applied to a variety of figurative sayings of Jesus. Jesus' parables are like those that have a special meaning within a family. ... Jesus parables also can be understood only by those who enter into a special relationship of being his disciple. Of course, others grasp something of what he says, but only the ones who follow Jesus are able to see some part of the deeper, hidden meaning. This is true not only of Jesus' parables but of the God to whom so many of them refer."