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"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
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The Kingdom's Infinite Worth
Commentators universally agree that the central message is the supreme value of the Kingdom of Heaven. The man in the parable joyfully sells everything he has, not as a reluctant sacrifice, but as a wise trade for something of infinite worth. As John Calvin notes, believers should be prepared to 'prefer the Kingdom of heaven to the whole world.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The kingdom of heaven. The gospel. The new dispensation. The offer of eternal life. See Matthew 3:2. He compares it to treasure hidden in …
And hid (κα εκρυψεν). Not necessarily bad morality. "He may have hid it to prevent it being stolen, or to prevent himself from bei…
19th Century
Anglican
The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field — Probably no parable in the whole series captured the imagina…
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Baptist
Still the theme is “the kingdom of heaven.” The man came upon hidden treasure, perhaps while he was plowing or digging. He was not looking for it, …
The situation of the kingdom is like the situation of a treasure hidden in a field, which someone finds by chance. Under rabbinic law if a workman …
16th Century
Protestant
The first two of these parables are intended to instruct believers to prefer the Kingdom of heaven to the whole world, and therefore to de…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure By which is meant, not eternal life, the incorruptible inheritance…
Here are four parables.
That of the treasure hidden in the field. Many disregard the gospel because they look only at the surface o…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Lord parabolically showed both the obstacles and the growth of the Gospel teaching; now, however, He shows its dignity through some…
