The Parable of the Net

The kingdom is like a net cast into the sea that catches all kinds of fish.

O⁴⁷nce again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

When the net is full, the fish are sorted, the good kept, and the bad thrown away.

⁴⁸When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

At the end of the age, angels will separate the wicked from the righteous.

⁴⁹So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

The wicked are thrown into the fiery furnace with the familiar image of judgment.

⁵⁰and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Jesus asks whether they have understood all these things.

⁵¹Have you understood all these things?”

He compares instructed scribes to a homeowner who brings out new and old treasures.

⁵²Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”