### Clue: Parable of small man in debt (5)
### Answer: SOWER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Parable
A charade of S ('small') plus OWER ('man in debt'). The Parable of the Sower is recounted in all three synoptic Gospels (Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15).