46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
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Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. …
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
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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