47 “Also the kingdom of the heavens is like a dragnet that was thrown into the lake and picked up everything from under the water. 48 When it was full, they pulled it up onto the beach and sat and sorted the catch—throwing the good catch into containers and throwing out the bad stuff. 49 It’ll be just like that at the end of this age—God’s messengers will be coming out and will separate evil people from the godly people, 50 and they will throw the evil ones into the incinerator. There will be crying and great anguish.

51 “Did you all understand all of that?

“Yes,” his apprentices answered.

52 Then he said to them, “Because of this, every teacher who’s been trained about the kingdom of the heavens is like a person who’s a home owner who gives presents of both new and old things of out their valuables.”