Matthew 13:45

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a marchaut, yt sought good pearles:

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  • Prov 8:18-20 : 18 Riches & honoure are wt me, yee excellent goodes & rightuousnes. 19 My frute is better the golde & precious stone, & myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer. 20 I walke in ye waye of rightuousnes, & in the strete of iudgment.
  • Eccl 2:2-9 : 2 in so moch that I sayde vnto laughter: thou art madd, and to myrth: what doest thou? 3 So I thought in my herte, to withdrawe my flesh from wyne, to applye my mynde vnto wy?dome, and to comprehede foolishnes vntill the tyme that (amonge all ye thinges which are vnder ye Sonne) I might se what were best for men to do, so longe as they lyue vnder heauen. 4 I made gorgious fayre workes, I buylded me houses, and planted vynyardes: 5 I made me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner frutes. 6 I made poles of water, to water ye grene and frutefull trees withall. 7 I bought seruauntes and maydes, and had a greate housholde. As for catell and shepe, I had more substaunce of them, then all they yt were before me in Ierusalem. 8 I gathered syluer & golde together, euen a treasure of kynges & londes. I prouided me syngers and wome which coude playe of instrumentes, to make men myrth and pastime. I gat me drynkynge cuppes also and glasses. 9 (Shortly) I was greater & in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusale. For wy?dome remayned with me: 10 & loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle. 11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne. 12 Then turned I me to considre wy?dome, erroure and foolishnesse (for what is he amonge men, that might be compared to me ye kynge in soch workes?)
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges: Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men:
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 Another parable put he forth vnto the, & sayde: The kyngdome of heaue is like vnto a man, yt sowed good sede in his felde.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 What helpeth it a man though he wanne the whole worlde, and yet suffred harme in his soule? Or what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?
  • Matt 22:5 : 5 But they made light of it, and wente their wayes: one to his hussbandrye, another to his marchaundise.
  • Job 28:18 : 18 There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellet, as once to be named vnto her: for parfecte wy?dome goeth farre beyonde the all.
  • Ps 4:6-7 : 6 There be many yt saye: who wil do vs eny good? where as thou (o LORDE) hast shewed vs the light of yi countenauce. 7 Thou reioysest myne herte, though their encreace be greate both in corne & wyne.
  • Ps 39:6-7 : 6 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge? 7 Sela. Yee euery man walketh as it were a shadowe, and disquieteth him self in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, and can not tell to whom he gathereth them.
  • Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge, 14 for the gettinge of it is better then eny marchaundise of syluer, & the profit of it is better then golde. 15 Wy?dome is more worth the precious stones, & all ye thinges yt thou canst desyre, are not to be compared vnto her. 16 Vpon hir right hande is longe life, & vpon hir left hande is riches & honor. 17 Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all hir pathes are peaceable. 18 She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.
  • Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer, & knowlege more then fyne golde. 11 For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yee all the thinges that thou cast desyre, are not to be compared vnto it.

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    46 & wha he had founde a precious pearle, he wete and solde all that he had, & bought it.

    47 Agayne, ye kyngdome of heaue is like vnto a nett cast in to ye see, wherwith are take all maner of fyshes:

    48 & wha it is ful, me drawe it out vnto ye shore, & sytt & gather ye good i to the vessels, but cast the bad awaye.

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    42 & shal cast the in to a fornace of fyre, there shalbe waylinge and gnasshinge of teth.

    43 The shal the righteous shyne as the Sonne, in the kyngdome of their father. Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare.

    44 Agayne, the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a treasure hyd in the felde, which a ma founde and hid it, and for ioye therof he wete & solde all yt he had, and bought yt felde.

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    31 Another parable put he forth vnto the, and sayde: The kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a grane of mustarde sede, which a man toke, and sowed it in his felde.

    32 Which is the leest amonge all sedes. But whan it is growne, it is the greatest amonge herbes, and is a tre: so that the byrdes vnder the heauen come and dwell in the braunches of it.

    33 Another parable spake he vnto the: The kyngdome of heaue is like vnto leue, which a woman toke, and myxte it amonge thre peckes of meele, tyll all was leuended.

    34 All soch thinges spake Iesus vnto ye people by parables, & without parables spake he nothinge vnto the:

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    13 Watch ye therfore, for ye knowe nether the daye ner yet the houre, whan ye sonne of man shal come.

    14 Like wyse as a certayne ma ready to take his iourney into a straunge countre, called his seruautes, and delyuered his goodes vnto the.

    15 And vnto one he gaue fyue talentes, to another two, and to another one: vnto euery man after his abilyte, and straight waye departed.

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    23 But he yt is sowne in the good grounde, is this: whan one heareth the worde, and vnderstondeth it, and bringeth forth frute: and some geueth an hudreth folde, some sixtie folde, and some thirtie folde.

    24 Another parable put he forth vnto the, & sayde: The kyngdome of heaue is like vnto a man, yt sowed good sede in his felde.

    25 But whyle me slepte, there came an enemye, and sowed tares amonge ye wheate, & wente his waye.

  • Matt 20:1-2
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    1 The kyngdome of heauen is like vnto an housholder, which wete out early in the mornynge, to hyre labourers in to his vyniarde.

    2 And wha he had agreed with the labourers for a peny a daye, he sent the in to his vynyarde.

  • 52 Then sayde he vnto the: Therfore euery scribe taught vnto ye kingdome of heauen, is like an houssholder, which bryngeth out of his treasure thinges new and olde.

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    18 And he sayde: What is the kyngdome of God like? Or wher vnto shal I copare it?

    19 It is like a grayne of mustarde sede, which a man toke, and cast in his garden: and it grewe, and waxed a greate tre, and the foules of the ayre dwelt amonge the braunches of it.

    20 And agayne he sayde: Where vnto shal I licken the kyngdome of God?

  • Matt 22:1-2
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    1 And Iesus answered, and spake vnto the agayne by parables, & sayde:

    2 The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge, which maried his sonne.

  • 1 Then shal the kyngdome of heauen be like vnto ten virgins, which toke their lapes, and wente forth to mete the brydegome.

  • 3 And he spake many thinges vnto the in symilitudes, sayenge: Beholde, The sower wente forth to sowe:

  • 23 Therfore is ye kingdome of heaue lickened vnto a kynge which wolde reken wt his seruauntes.

  • 12 And he sayde: A certayne noble ma wete in to a farre countre, to receaue hi a kyngdome, and then to come agayne.

  • 34 Like as a man that wente in to a straunge countre, and left his house, and gaue his seruauntes auctorite, vnto euery one his worke, and commaunded ye porter, that he shulde watch.

  • 8 Or what woman is it that hath ten grotes, yf she loose one of them, that lighteth not a candell, and swepeth the house, and seketh diligently, tyll she fynde it?

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    33 Sell that ye haue, and geue almesse. Make you bagges, which waxe not olde: euen a treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen, where no thefe commeth, and no moth corruppeth:

    34 for where youre treasure is, there wil youre hert be also.

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    37 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them: He that soweth the good sede, is the sonne of man:

    38 the felde is the worlde: ye good sede are the childre of the kyngdome: The tares are the children of wickednes:

  • 13 And yf it happen that he fynde it, verely I saye vnto you: he reioyseth more ouer it, then ouer the nyentie & nyene which wete not astraye.

  • 1 And he beganne to speake vnto them by parables: A certayne ma planted a vynyarde, and made a hedge aboute it, and dygged a wynne presse, and buylded a tower, and let it out vnto hussbande men, and wente in to a straunge countre.

  • 15 And it fortuned whan he came agayne, after that he had receaued the kyngdome, he bade call for the seruauntes, vnto whom he had geue his money, yt he might knowe, what euery one had done.

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    3 But he tolde the this symilitude, and sayde:

    4 What man is he amonge you, that hath an hundreth shepe, and yf he loose one of the, that leaueth not the nyne and nyentye in the wyldernesse, and goeth after that which is lost tyll he fynde it?

    5 And whan he hath founde it, he layeth it vpon his shulders with ioye:

  • 18 Heare ye therfore the parable of the sower.

  • 30 And he sayde: Where vnto wyl we licken the kyngdome of God? Or by what symilitude wyl we compare it?

  • 14 for the gettinge of it is better then eny marchaundise of syluer, & the profit of it is better then golde.

  • 6 Geue not that which is holy, to dogges: nether cast ye youre pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their fete, & the other turne agayne and all to rente you.

  • 16 And he tolde them a symilitude, and sayde: There was a riche man, whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously,

  • 26 And he sayde: The kyngdome of God is after this maner, as when a man casteth sede vpon the londe,

  • 33 Heare another parable. There was a certayne houssholder which planted a vynyarde, and hedged it roude aboute, and dygged a wyne presse in it, and built a tower, and let it out vnto hussbandmen, and wente in to a straunge countre.

  • 24 And morouer I saye vnto you: It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle, the for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of heauen.

  • 10 And whyle they wente to bye, the brydegrome came: and they that were readye, wente in with him vnto the mariage, and the gate was shut vp.

  • 12 the ware of golde, and syluer, and of precious stones, off pearle, & sylke, and purple, and skarlet, & all Thynen wod, and all manner vessels of yuery, and all manner vessels of most precious wod, and of brasse, and of yron,