A Spiritual Treasure

Βούλομαι σήμερον, ἀγαπντοὶ, θησαυρὸν ὑμῖν πνευματικὸν ὑπανοῖξαι, μεριζόμενον, καὶ μηδέποτε δαπανώμενον· πάντας πλουτίζοντα, καὶ ἐν μηδενὶ ἐλαττούμενον, ἀλλὰ καὶ προστιθέμενον. Καθάπερ γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ ασθητοῦ θησαυροῦ κἂν μικρόν τι ψῆγμα λαβεῖν τις δυνηθείη, πολὺν ἑαυτῳ τὸν πλοῦτον ἐργάζεται· οὕτω δὴ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς θείας Γραφῆς, καὶ ἐν βραχείᾳ λέξει πολλὴν ἔστιν εὑρεῖν τῶν νοημάτων τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ ἄφατον τὸν πλοῦτον. Τοιαύτη γὰρ ἡ φύσις τοῦ θησαυροῦ τούτου· τοὺς ὑποδεχομένους εὐπόρους ἐργαζόμενος οὐδέποτε ἐλλείπει· πηγὴ γὰρ τοῦτον ἀναβλύζει τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου. Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος, Ὁμῖλία ΙϚ'  Εἰς Την Γενεσιν,

Today, beloved, I wish to open for you a spiritual treasure, distributing it and not spending it. Enriching everyone, it is not diminished, but it increases. For as with sensible treasure, if someone takes a little bit, he enriches himself a lot, so it is with the Divine Scriptures, that in a short passage much may be discovered of powerful meaning and untold richness. For such is the nature of this treasure, that it makes rich those who discover it and it is never exhausted; for it is the gushing fount of the Holy Spirit.   Saint John Chrysostom, On Genesis, Homily 16