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"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.
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"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.
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And [when he] found one very valuable pearl, he went [and] sold everything that he possessed and purchased it.
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"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered [fish] of every kind,
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which when it was filled they pulled to shore and sat down [and] collected the good [fish] into containers, but the bad they threw out.
Footnotes 2
[a].
*Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("found") which is understood as temporal
[b].
*Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went") has been translated as a finite verb
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