Matthew 13:47-52

The Voice

⁴⁷ Or think of it this way: the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, a net that caught a world of flickering fish. ⁴⁸ When the net was full, the fishermen hauled it to shore. They separated the good fish from the bad, placing the good fish in a bucket and throwing out the inedible fish. ⁴⁹ That is what the end of time will be like. The heavenly messengers will separate the good from the bad, the righteous from the wicked, the repentant from the prideful, the faithful from the hard-hearted. ⁵⁰ The bad, the wicked, the prideful, and the hard-hearted will be thrown into the fiery furnace where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

⁵¹ Do you understand?

Disciples: Yes, we understand.

Jesus: ⁵² Every scribe and teacher of the law who has become a student of the ways of the Kingdom is like the head of the household who brings some new things and some old things, both out of the storeroom.