Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
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Gill's Exposition
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…
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net ... - This parable does not differ in meaning from that of the tares. The gospel is compared to a net dragging along on the bottom of a lake, and collecting…
We have four short parables in these verses.
I. That of the treasure hid in the field. Hitherto he had compared the kingdom of heaven to small things, because its beginning was small; but, lest any…
The Parable of the Net, in St Matthew only
47. a net, that was cast into the sea The reference is to the large drag-net or seine[Greek σαγήνη the word in the text hence sagena(Vulgate) and English…
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