Matthew 13:45

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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

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  • Prov 8:18-20 : 18 Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than fine gold, even pure gold, and my yield surpasses choice silver. 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice.
  • Eccl 2:2-9 : 2 I said of laughter, 'It is madness,' and of joy, 'What does it accomplish?' 3 I explored with my heart how to cheer my body with wine, while my mind guided me with wisdom, and how to embrace folly until I could see what is good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives. 4 I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. 5 I made gardens and parks for myself and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made reservoirs of water to irrigate groves of flourishing trees. 7 I acquired male and female servants and had other servants born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem who had come before me. 8 I amassed silver and gold for myself, the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and the delights of men—many concubines. 9 I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom stayed with me. 10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them; I did not keep my heart from any pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, for this was my reward for all my efforts. 11 Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun. 12 So I turned my attention to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can anyone do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Now that all has been heard, here is the conclusion: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Matt 22:5 : 5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
  • Job 28:18 : 18 Coral and jasper are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
  • Ps 4:6-7 : 6 Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD. 7 Many say, 'Who will show us anything good?' Let the light of Your face shine upon us, O LORD.
  • Ps 39:6-7 : 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah. 7 Surely, man goes about as a shadow; surely, they make an uproar over nothing; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will gather it.
  • Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who obtains understanding. 14 For the profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver, and her gain than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire compares with her. 16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.
  • Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. 11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

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  • Matt 13:46-48
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    46When he found one very precious pearl, he went away, sold everything he had, and bought it.

    47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

    48When it was full, the fishermen pulled it onto the shore. Then they sat down and gathered the good fish into baskets, but threw the bad ones away.

  • Matt 13:42-44
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    42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone who has ears listen!

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

  • Matt 13:31-34
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    31He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.'

    32Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.

    33He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about fifty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'

    34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.

  • Matt 25:13-15
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    13Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

    14For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.

    15To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey immediately.

  • Matt 13:23-25
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    23But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears and understands the word. This person produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

    24Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

    25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

  • Matt 20:1-2
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    1For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

    2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

  • Matt 13:52
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    52Then he said to them, "For this reason, every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom both new treasures and old ones."

  • Luke 13:18-20
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    18Then Jesus said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

    19It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.'

    20Again he asked, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

  • Matt 22:1-2
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    1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

    2The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

  • Matt 25:1
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    1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

  • Matt 13:3
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    3Then he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

  • Matt 18:23
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    23Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 19:12
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    12So he said, "A nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.

  • Mark 13:34
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    34It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their task, and tells the doorkeeper to stay alert.

  • Luke 15:8
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    8Or what woman, who has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

  • Luke 12:33-34
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    33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

    34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Matt 13:37-38
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    37He replied, 'The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.'

    38The field is the world, and the good seed represents the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one.

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    13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

  • Luke 19:15
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    15When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, so he could find out what they had gained by doing business.

  • Luke 15:3-5
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    3So He told them this parable, saying:

    4What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders.

  • Matt 13:18
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    18So listen to the parable of the sower.

  • Mark 4:30
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    30He also said, 'To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or with what parable can we illustrate it?'

  • Prov 3:14
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    14For the profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver, and her gain than fine gold.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bountiful harvest.

  • Mark 4:26
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    26He also said, "The kingdom of God is like this: A man scatters seed on the ground.

  • Matt 21:33
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    33Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

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    24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

  • Matt 25:10
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    10While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

  • Rev 18:12
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    12cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, crimson, all kinds of scented wood, every article of ivory, every article made of the most costly wood, and of bronze, iron, and marble,