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The Parable of the Dragnet

47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and agathered some of every kind,  
48 which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.
49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, aseparate the wicked from among the just,  
50 and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
51 1Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes,2 Lord.”  
52 Then He said to them, “Therefore every1 scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure athings new and old.”  
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Matthew 13:47-50

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net ... - This parable does not differ in meaning from that of the tares. The gospel is compared to a net dragging along on the bottom of a lake, and collecting all - good and bad. The gospel may be expected to do the same; but in the end of the world, when the net "is drawn in," the bad will be separated from the good; the one will be cast away, and the other saved. Our Saviour never fails to keep before our minds the great truth that there is to be a day of judgment, and that there will be a separation of the good and the evil. He came to preach salvation; and it is a remarkable fact, also, that the most fearful accounts of hell and of the sufferings of the damned, in the Scriptures, are from his lips. How does this agree with the representations of those who say that all will be saved?




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