Matthew 13:47–58

A Dragnet

⁴⁷“Again, ^athe kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind;

⁴⁸and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

⁴⁹“So it will be at ^athe ¹end of the age; the angels will come forth and ²take out the wicked from among the righteous,

⁵⁰and ^awill throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place ^bthere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁵¹“Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes.”

⁵²And ¹Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

Jesus Revisits Nazareth

^53aWhen Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.

^54aHe came to ¹His hometown and ^bbegan teaching them in their synagogue, so that ^cthey were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these ²miraculous powers?

⁵⁵“Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not ^aHis mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

⁵⁶“And ^aHis sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”

⁵⁷And they took ^aoffense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “^bA prophet is not without honor except in his ¹hometown and in his own household.”

⁵⁸And He did not do many ¹miracles there because of their unbelief.