The verb here is "had given"; this is past perfect: it's a perfect tense, because it has a past participle with the -ed ending ("given") and it's the past perfect because the auxiliary verb is the past form of "have": had.
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A parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.
<em>(</em><em>As</em><em> </em><em>told</em><em> </em><em>by</em><em> </em><em>J</em><em>esus</em><em> </em><em>and</em><em> </em><em>Gospels</em><em>)</em>
Declarative because you are stating a fact. Hope this helps!
