Everyone loves a good story and, as a writer, I use them to help my readers understand the points I’m trying to make. Jesus, too, used stories to illustrate the main points he was making, and he did it so successfully, these stories are well-known today, even by people who are not biblically literate. The Good Samaritan is such an example. These types of stories Jesus used are called parables.Because parables are such an effective tool in studying biblical truths, people often use them in Bible