So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
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Gill's Exposition
Then said he unto them,.... Since the disciples had such a clear understanding of the above parables, and were by them, and by other things, so well furnished to preach the mysteries of the kingdom of…
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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