“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.

This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet: “I will speak to you in parables. I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.”

Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.

For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.

When the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to tremble and fell to her knees in front of him. The whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched him and that she had been immediately healed.

But they didn’t know what he meant. Its significance was hidden from them, so they couldn’t understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”

But they didn’t understand any of this. The significance of his words was hidden from them, and they failed to grasp what he was talking about.

“How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.

At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple.

Put your trust in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light.” After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.

No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.

If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing.

In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.

“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give some of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it.