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Proper 12
Pentecost 10
Ordinary Time 17
6.
Treasures And Trash
Matthew 13:44-52
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field,
which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells
all that he has and buys that field.
45"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search
of fine pearls; 46on finding one pearl of great value, he went
and sold all that he had and bought it.
47"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was
thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; 48when it was
full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into
baskets but threw out the bad.
49So it will be at the end of the
age.
The angels will come out and separate the evil from the
righteous, 50and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51"Have you understood all this?"
They answered, "Yes."
52And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been
trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a
household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is
old."
The parables in Matthew 13:44-52 continue the series of
eight that are found in this chapter.
The previous parables were
told in public to a large crowd (see Matthew 13:1-3).
Now Jesus
moves into a house where the disciples came to him (Matthew
13:36).
He first explains the parable about the weeds among the
wheat.
He then proceeds to tell the three parables in Matthew
13:44-52.
Two of the parables, the treasure hidden in the field
and the pearl of great value, are twins.
The third parable about
the net and
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fishes is a twin to the earlier parable about the weeds and the
wheat.
This follows a familiar organizing principle in Matthew
of ABBA.
Again all three parables are intended to describe the
nature and value of the kingdom of heaven.
They all begin with
the same phrase, "the kingdom of heaven is like ..." The section
ends with a summary statement addressed to the disciples who are
compared to scribes.
Context
The parables are for the tenth Sunday following Pentecost
and conclude a series of three Sundays dealing with the parables
of the kingdom from Matthew 13.
Context of the Lectionary
The First Lesson.
(Genesis 29:15-28) The story of Jacob
continues from last week.
He is now working for Laban.
The
trickster who tricked his brother out of his inheritance is in
turn tricked into marrying Leah instead of Rachel.
He had to
work another seven years before he finally was granted Rachel as
his wife.
The Second Lesson.
(Romans 8:26-39) The first half of this
reading gives assurance of support by the Spirit.
The second
half gives further assurance that all things work together for
good for those who are called by God.
It is one of the key
passages that raises the difficult issue of predestination.
It
ends with the assertion that nothing in all the world can
separate the faithful from the love of God.
Gospel.
(Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52) The reading brings to a
conclusion the three-week series of parables followed from
Matthew 13.
Psalm.
(Psalm 105:1-11, 45b) The Psalm connects the
seeking of the second parable in today's gospel reading about the
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pearl of great value.
It also relates back to the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with the promise of the holy land given
to Moses in the first lesson for today.
It ends with an
exclamation of praise to the Lord.
Context of Related Scripture
Leviticus 11:9-12 Ä Description of clean and unclean fish.
Job 19:6 Ä Closed into a net by God.
Job 28:18 Ä "The price of wisdom is above pearls."
Psalm 66:11 Ä Use of the image of the net into which we are
drawn.
Ecclesiastes 9:12 Ä Image of fish caught into a cruel net
compared with mortals snared by calamity.
Habakkuk 1:15-17 Ä An opposing view of the net as used by
the enemy.
Matthew 6:19-21 Ä (Luke 12:33-34) Ä Treasures on earth or
heaven.
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