which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 13:48 in context
Matthew 13:45–51
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“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
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who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
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“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind,
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which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
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So it will be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
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and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?”
They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
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