“After this, that we may not be confident in the gospel merely preached, nor think that faith only suffices us for salvation, He utters also another, an awful parable. Which then is this? That of the net. "For the kingdom of Heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind; which, when…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 47
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48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
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46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
— Matthew 13:48 —
49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.