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Originally Posted by shag
could be the wrong interpretation. But I sure wanna get to the bottom of this mystery! 
How could the "field" be the earth, if the sinners were purchasing Jesus/ salvation. In other words, why would sinners purchase the earth to get Jesus?
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Not just earth - but specifically the Kingdom of God in the Earth.
This from my response given in post #40
"I said the the field could be the "earth - containing the Kingdom of God", or the Kingdom of God on Earth. (I am distinguishing here from the Kingdom "in heaven".)
...Why do sinners buy into the Kingdom of God? They certainly would not do so because they desire persecution, or desire to be hated of all men... They will only truely buy into the kingdom when they have discovered the treasure of Jesus Christ. It is then that they gladly forsake all other ambition in pursuit of the field containing the treasure."
Sinners must count the cost of being born again. Very often the cost is contemplated and wrestled with prior to a full surrender to God.
Forsaking all else and following Christ wherever He leads, can be a very costly thing - but it is a price many willingly pay to gain access to the Saviour and salvation He brings.
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