Matthew 13:46 - Easy To Read Version One day the salesman found a very fine pearl. The salesman went and sold everything he had to buy that pearl. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who, on finding a single pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it. American Standard Version (1901) and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Common English Bible When he found one very precious pearl, he went and sold all that he owned and bought it. Catholic Public Domain Version Having found one pearl of great value, he went away and sold all that he had, and he bought it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. |
Jerusalem, you are rich—you are rich with wisdom and knowledge of God. You are rich with salvation. You respect the Lord and that makes you rich. So you can know that you will continue.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. One day a man found the treasure. The man was very happy to find the treasure. He hid the treasure in the field again. The man went and sold everything that he owned to buy that field.
“Also, the kingdom of heaven is like a salesman looking for fine pearls.
“Also, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was put into the lake. The net caught many different kinds of fish.
I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace (kindness).
I hope I will never boast about things like that. The cross (death) of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for boasting. Through Jesus’ death on the cross the world is dead {\cf2\super [80]} to me; and I am dead to the world.
I am the least important of all of God’s people. But God gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. Those riches are too great to understand fully.
They sell gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen cloth, purple cloth, silk, and scarlet cloth, all kinds of citron wood, and all kinds of things made from ivory, expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble.
The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each gate was made from one pearl. The street of the city was made of pure gold. The gold was clear like glass.