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Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.
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The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.
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Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;
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and having found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it.
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Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine which has been cast into the sea, and which has gathered together of every kind,
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which, when it has been filled, having drawn up on the shore and sat down, they gathered the good into vessels and cast the worthless out.
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Thus shall it be in the completion of the age: the angels shall go forth and sever the wicked from the midst of the just,
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and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
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Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, [Lord].
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And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man [that is] a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.
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And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence.