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Matthew 13:48 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. "
Matthew 13:48
Verse in Context
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Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 13:1
"The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side."
Matthew 13:2
"And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore."
Matthew 13:3
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;"
Matthew 13:4
"And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:"
Matthew 13:5
"Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:"
Matthew 13:6
"And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away."
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