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The three parables in today’s Gospel, 26 July 2020, are images and descriptions with finding the truth, the greatest treasure. 

Let me now deviate to John 14:37 – 38; “Pilate said to him (Jesus), so you are a king? Jesus answered, you say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice. Pilate said to him, what is truth?”

Returning now to today’s Gospel, not only are the parables’ images and description with finding the truth, but the great joy with finding it.What does Jesus say in today’s Gospel for each of these parables:

• 1) The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field
• 2) The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls
• 3) The kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind.

What is the common thread with the beginning of each of these parables that Jesus was illustrating? 

The beginning of each of these parables begins with “The Kingdom of Heaven is like”?

Let us now return to the questioning of Jesus before Pontius Pilate.

Any time you see the word “truth” insert the words – “Kingdom of Heaven”. 

With that we have, “Pilate said to him, so you are a king?  Jesus answered, you say that I am a king.  For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Kingdom of Heaven.  Everyone who is of the Kingdom of Heaven hears my voice. 

Pilate said to him, “Quid est veritas” (what is truth)?

And we can all answer – The Truth is The Kingdom of Heaven!  Since those who respond to Christ’s invitation to the Kingdom of Heaven will find the truth.

Blessings – Dcn Jim