11 translations · Greek
Matthew 13:44
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Matthew 13:44 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
- KJV King James Version
- Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found, hid, and from his joy goes, and all, as much as he has, he sells, and buys that field.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. A man found it, reburied it, and then full of joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field; which, when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὁμοία | Homoia | like | G3664 ὅμοιος like |
| ἐστὶν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἡ | hē | The | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| βασιλεία | basileia | kingdom | G932 βασιλεία kingdom |
| τῶν | tōn | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| οὐρανῶν | ouranōn | heaven | G3772 οὐρανός heaven |
| θησαυρῷ | thēsaurō | treasure | G2344 θησαυρός treasure |
| κεκρυμμένῳ | kekrymmenō | hidden | G2928 κρύπτω to hide |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγρῷ | agrō | a field | G68 ἀγρός Field of |
| ὃν | hon | [it] | G3739 ὅς which |
| εὑρὼν | heurōn | found | G2147 εὑρίσκω to find/meet |
| ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | [When a] man | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| ἔκρυψεν | ekrypsen | he hid [it again] | G2928 κρύπτω to hide |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀπὸ | apo | in | G575 ἀπό away from |
| τῆς | tēs | [his] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| χαρᾶς | charas | joy | G5479 χαρά joy |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ὑπάγει | hypagei | he went | G5217 ὑπάγω to go |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πωλεῖ | pōlei | sold | G4453 πωλέω to sell |
| πάντα | panta | all | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ὅσα | hosa | — | G3745 ὅσος just as/how much |
| ἔχει | echei | he had | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀγοράζει | agorazei | bought | G59 ἀγοράζω to buy |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγρὸν | agron | field | G68 ἀγρός Field of |
| ἐκεῖνον | ekeinon | that | G1565 ἐκεῖνος that |
Related verses
- Proverbs 2:2–5
So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: …
- Colossians 2:3
in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
- Philippians 3:7–9
However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ. Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
- Matthew 6:21
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Luke 14:33
So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
- Hebrews 11:24–26
By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
- Matthew 19:29
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
- Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
- Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
- Luke 18:23–24
But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich. Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
44 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
45 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Read all of Matthew 13 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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