Matthew 13:48
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.”
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“When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.”
King James Version · Public Domain“which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 13:48 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- Matthew 13:40As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).