Matthew 13:47-57

The Parable of the Net

47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is ¹like a net that was thrown into the sea and ²gathered fish of every kind.

48 When it was full, ³men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.

49 So it will be at ⁴the close of the age. The angels will come out and ⁵separate the evil from the righteous

50 ⁶and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place ⁷there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

New and Old Treasures

51 ⁸"Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes."

52 And he said to them, "Therefore every ⁹scribe ¹⁰who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who ¹¹brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

53 And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,

54 ¹²and coming to ¹³his hometown ¹⁴he taught them in their synagogue, so that ¹⁵they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?

55 ¹⁶Is not this ¹⁷the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not ¹⁸his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

56 And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"

57 And ¹⁹they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, ²⁰"A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."