Matthew 13:49

49 So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

Matthew 13:49 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 13:49

So shall it be at the end of the world
As the fisherman, when he has drawn his net to shore, picks out the good fish, and puts them into proper vessels, and casts the dead, putrid, and useless fish away; so, at the close of time, in the last day,

the angels shall come forth
out of heaven, from the presence of God and Christ, and by his orders, as the judge of all the earth,

and sever the wicked from the just;
with whom they have had not only civil conversation, but have been joined in a Gospel church state; but now these ungodly shall not stand in judgment with them; nor these sinners, these hypocrites, in the congregation of the righteous: the one will be set at Christ's right hand, the other at his left; the one will go into life eternal, and the other into everlasting punishment; and their separation from one another will be for ever.

Matthew 13:49 In-Context

47 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts.

48 When full, they haul it up on the beach, and sit down and collect the good fish in baskets, while the worthless they throw away.

49 So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

50 and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."

51 "Have you understood all this?" He asked. "Yes," they said.