Matthew 13:46 (WEB)
who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Fathers and councils · 17
Augustine of Hippo
“But I had now found the goodly pearl, which, selling all that I had, I ought to have bought; and I hesitated.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 46.
Read the whole comment“I take this to be the pearl which the merchant man in the Gospel is described to have been seeking, who “found one pearl, and sold all that he had, and bought it.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 46.
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John Chrysostom
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 44–46. [Here also the Greek text presents few peculiarities; τ is omitted before ἀγρ in verse 44, as in a few mss. of the New Testament.—R.]
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Jerome
“You are asked to give me the pearl of the Gospel, “the words of the Lord,” “pure words, even as the silver which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire,” I mean the commentaries of…” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 46.
Read the whole comment“The wide space of sea and land that lies between us cannot deter me from searching for “the pearl of great price.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 46.
Read the whole comment“You need not go into the mire to seek for gold; you have many pearls, buy the one pearl with these.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 45, 46.
Read the whole comment“Let her pearls be of another kind and such that she may sell them hereafter and buy in their place the pearl that is “of great price.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 46.
Read the whole comment“…“one pearl of great price;” who with his whole substance buys a field that he may find therein a treasure which neither thief can dig up nor robber carry away?” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 45–46; vi. 19, 20.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And when he found a precious pearl, he went away and sold all that he had, and bought it.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 45, 46.
Read the whole comment“Also in the same place: “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls: and when he hath found a precious pearl, he went away and sold all that he had, and bought it.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 45, 46.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…of Jesus, because he is called a great Mountain, and Leviathan and King of that which lives in the water, whereas Christ is called the Lamb, and the Pearl, and the Drop and similar names.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 46.
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Aphrahat
“Let us sell all our possessions, and buy for ourselves the pearl, that we may be rich.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 46.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Matt. xiii. 46.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Gospel preaching not only offers manifold gain as a treasure, but is precious as a pearl; wherefore after the parable concerning the treasure, He gives that concerning the pearl. And in preaching, two things are…
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By the goodly pearls may be understood the Law and the Prophets. Hear then Marcion and Manichaeus; the good pearls are the Law and the Prophets. One pearl, the most precious of all, is the knowledge of the Saviour…
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Or by the pearl of price is to be understood the sweetness of the heavenly kingdom, which, he that hath found it, selleth all and buyeth. For he that, as far as is permitted, has had perfect knowledge of the…
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Or, A man seeking goodly pearls has found one pearl of great price; that is, he who is seeking good men with whom he may live profitably, finds one alone, Christ Jesus, without sin; or, seeking precepts of life, by…
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 13:45–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 13:45–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 13:45–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Letters Letter 10.
Cited together in Letters Letter 10.
Cited together in Letters Letter 10.
Cited together in Letters Letter 10.