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The Net

In Galilee

Matthew 13:47–50

Matthew 13:47–50

47"The kingdom of heaven is also like a large net thrown into the sea that caught all kinds of fish. 48When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up onto the shore. They sat down and sorted the good fish into containers but threw the bad ones away. 49That's how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous, 50and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth."

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What the parable says

The kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea that catches every kind of fish. The fishermen keep the good ones and throw the bad away. So it will be at the end of the age, when the angels separate the wicked from the righteous.

Where this fits

One of 45 passages in Jesus' Parables, in the group “In Galilee.”

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