Matthew 13:47–58

THE PARABLE OF THE NET

⁴⁷“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,^{q 48}and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones. ⁴⁹So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,^{r 50}and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.^s

THE STOREHOUSE OF TRUTH

⁵¹“Have you understood all these things?”^E

They answered him, “Yes.”

⁵²“Therefore,” he said to them, “every teacher of the law^F who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.”^t

REJECTION AT NAZARETH

⁵³When Jesus had finished these parables, he left there. ⁵⁴He went to his hometown^u and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?^{v 55}Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?^w Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James,^x Joseph, Simon, and Judas?^{y 56}And his sisters, aren’t they all with us? So where does he get all these things?” ⁵⁷And they were offended by him.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”^{a 58}And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.