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Mat 13:44-46. Fifth and Sixth Parables or Third Pair:
The Hidden Treasure and The Pearl of Great Price.
The subject of this last pair, as of the two former, is the same, but also under a slight diversity of aspect: namely - The priceless value of the blessings of the kingdom. And while the one parable represents the Kingdom as “found without seeking,” the other holds forth the Kingdom as “sought and found.”
The Hidden Treasure (Mat 13:44).
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field - no uncommon thing in unsettled and half-civilized countries, even now as well as in ancient times, when there was no other way of securing it from the rapacity of neighbors or marauders. (Jer 41:8; Job 3:21; Pro 2:4).
the which when a man hath found - that is, unexpectedly found.
he hideth, and for joy thereof - on perceiving what a treasure he had lighted on, surpassing the worth of all he possessed.
goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field - in which case, by Jewish law, the treasure would become his own.