Parable of the Hidden Treasure Vol. The parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price are sometimes called the twin parables. Both emphasize the value of the kingdom to individuals and together represent the common Hebrew practice of parallelism. Especially in The Parable of the Hidden Treasure there are details that often arouse curiosity.
Some people propose that a moral or ethical problem exists.
The parable does not address the ethics of the treasure-finder. Jesus neither sanctioned nor condemned the motives and activities of the man in this regard. Not every part of a parable is presented for imitation. One must be careful not to press a parable beyond the lesson it was intended to teach. The emphasis in The Hidden Treasure is on the vigor with which an individual sought the kingdom of heaven.