Matthew 13:45, 46
<p>Jun 23, 2011 05:15 AM <b>done</b>
 
<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-45.htm" ><b>45</b></a><b>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:</b>
 
<a href="http://barnes.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></p>
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<li>The meaning of this parable is nearly the same as the other. It is designed to represent the gospel as of more value than all other things, and to impress on us the duty of sacrificing all that we possess in order to obtain it.</li>
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<p><a href="http://clarke.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm">Clarke's Commentary on the Bible</a></p>
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<li>Those merchants who compass sea and land for temporal gain, condemn the slothfulness of the majority of those called Christians, who, though they confess that this salvation is the most certain and the most excellent of all treasures, yet seek worldly possessions in preference to it! Alas, for him who expects to find any thing more amiable than God, more worthy to fill his heart, and more capable of making him happy!</li>
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<p><a href="http://gill.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></p>
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<li>This parable may be understood of Christ's seeking, finding, and purchasing his elect: for, certain it is, that he has sought after them; </li>
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<p><b> </b><a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-46.htm" ><b>46</b></a><b>Who, when he had found <i>one pearl of great price</i><i>,</i> went and sold all that he had, and bought it.</b>
 
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