"THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A TREASURE HIDDEN IN a field. A certain man learned that the treasure existed and he developed a terrible obsession to possess it. He wasted all of his wealth and secretly sold everything he had to purchase the filed so that he could own the treasure.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a pearl of great price. When a man found it, he sold all that he had and purchased the pearl.
Unless you, too, obsess after God's kingdom, like this man did over his treasure, you will not find it.
Knock and keep on knocking. Seek and keep on seeking. When they send you away again and again, come back and seek still again. Then you will find the treasure you seek."
~ Parables of Jesus
Paraphrased and expanded
Found in the book of Saint Matthew
(taken from Ted Dekker's book, Obsessed)
The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.
~ Matthew 13:44-45
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