45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. …
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. …
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 44-52)We have four short parables in these verses. I. That of the treasure hid in the field . Hitherto he had compared the kingdom of heaven to small things, because its beginning was small; but, lest any should thence take occasion to think meanly of it, in this parable and the next he represents it as of great value in itself, and of great advantage to those who embrace it, and are willing to come up…
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