Ratapan 5:4

5:4 We must pay money ¹  for our own water; ² 

we must buy our own wood at a steep price. ³ 

Matius 13:44

Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven

13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

Matius 3:1

The Ministry of John the Baptist

3:1 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness ⁴  of Judea proclaiming,

[5:4]  ¹ tn Heb “silver.” The term “silver” is a synecdoche of species (= silver) for general (= money).

[5:4]  ² tn Heb “We drink our water for silver.”

[5:4]  ³ tn Heb “our wood comes for a price.”

[3:1]  ⁴ tn Or “desert.”