Matthew 13:47–52 — The parable about the dragnet

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Mat 13:47–52

13:47 The parable about the dragnet

47 “The heavenly kingdom is also 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 come out and separate the evil people from the godly people, 50 and they’ll throw the evil ones into the incinerator. There’ll be crying and a lot of 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 heavenly kingdom is like a home owner who gives presents of both new and old things of out their valuables.”

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47 Furthermore the kingdom of _the heavens is similar to_a_dragnet having _been _throw into the sea and having _gathered _together of every kind,

48 which when it _was _filled, having _pulled _up on the shore and having _sat _down, they _gathered the good into containers, and the bad they _throw out.

49 Thus it _will _be in the completion of _the age, the messengers will _be _coming _out, and will _be _setting _apart the evil from the_midst of _the righteous,

50 and they _will _be _casting them into the furnace of _the fire.
There will _be the weeping and the grating of_ the _teeth.

51 You _all _understood all these things?
They _are _saying to _him:
Yes.

52 And he said to _them:
Because _of this, every scribe having _been _trained in _the kingdom of _the heavens is similar to_a_man, a_home _owner, who is _sending _forth new things and old things out _of the treasure of _him.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section MAT 13:47

The parable about the dragnet

Mat 13:47–52