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Three Parables

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and reburied; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.(A)

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The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like(A) treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.(B)

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making your ear attentive to wisdom
    and inclining your heart to understanding,
if you indeed cry out for insight
    and raise your voice for understanding,
if you seek it like silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasures—(A)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(B)

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turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding(A)
indeed, if you call out for insight(B)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(C)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(D)

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in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(A)

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in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(A)

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Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.(A) More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ(B) and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ,[a] the righteousness from God based on faith.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.9 Or through the faith of Christ

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(A) for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(B) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(C) and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(D) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(E) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(F)

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  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of

33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.(A)

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33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.(A)

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24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He considered abuse suffered for the Christ[a] to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.

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  1. 11.26 Or the Messiah

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(A) 25 He chose to be mistreated(B) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(C) for the sake of Christ(D) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(E)

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21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(A)

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29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or[a] children or fields for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold[b] and will inherit eternal life.

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  1. 19.29 Other ancient authorities lack wife or
  2. 19.29 Other ancient authorities read manifold

29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(A)

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  1. Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.

16 How much better to get wisdom than gold!
    To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.(A)

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16 How much better to get wisdom than gold,
    to get insight(A) rather than silver!(B)

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23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
    buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(A)

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23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—
    wisdom, instruction and insight as well.(A)

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23 But when he heard this, he became sad, for he was very rich. 24 Jesus looked at him[a] and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!(A)

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  1. 18.24 Other ancient authorities read saw that he had become sad

23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. 24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!(A)

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But, as it is written,

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the human heart conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—(A)

10 God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.(B)

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However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”[a]
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—(A)

10 these are the things God has revealed(B) to us by his Spirit.(C)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4

18 Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white robes to clothe yourself and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.(A)

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18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(A) so you can become rich; and white clothes(B) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(C) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

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