– PARABLES OF JESUS –
The Parable of the Dragnet
This is the last of the kingdom parables in Matthew 13. Again, the Lord used an image familiar to His listeners. He said:
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which, when it was full, they drew to share; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:47-50)
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