Matthew 13:48

Matthew 13:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
• New International Version (NIV)When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.
• New King James Version (NKJV)which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.

Context of Matthew 13:48

46When he found a valuable pearl, he went away, sold everything he had, and bought it. 47“Also, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea. It gathered all kinds of fish. When it was full, they pulled it to the shore. Then they sat down, gathered the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away. 49The same thing will happen at the end of time. The angels will go out and separate the evil people from people who have God’s approval. 50Then the angels will throw the evil people into a blazing furnace. They will cry and be in extreme pain there.

Matthew 13:48 word by word

ἣν ὅτε ἐπληρώθη ἀναβιβάσαντες ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλόν, καὶ καθίσαντες συνέλεξαν τὰ καλὰ εἰς ἄγγη, τὰ δὲ σαπρὰ ἔξω ἔβαλον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• it was fullπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• they drewἀναβιβάζωanabibazō · to pull upG307
• toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• shoreὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• shoreαἰγιαλόςaigialos · shoreG123
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• sat downκαθίζωkathizō · to seatG2523
• and gatheredσυλλέγωsullegō · to collectG4816
• the goodκαλόςkalos · goodG2570
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• vesselsἀγγεῖονaggeion · jarG30
• butδέde · thenG1161
• castβάλλωballō · to throw: throwG906
• the badσαπρόςsapros · rottenG4550
• awayἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854

Cross-references for Matthew 13:48

• Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. When the grain is cut, I will tell the workers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burned. But I’ll have them bring the wheat into my barn.’ ”
• Matthew 3:12His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clean up his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into a barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.”

Commentaries on Matthew 13:48

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47-50Verses 47-50 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 all - good and bad. The gospel may be expected to do the same; but in the end of the world, when the net “is drawn in,” the bad will be separated from the good; the one will be cast away, and the other saved. Our Saviour never fails to keep before…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 44-52Verses 44-52 Here are four parables. 1. That of the treasure hid in the field. Many slight the gospel, because they look only upon the surface of the field. But all who search the Scriptures, so as in them to find Christ and eternal life, Joh 5:39, will discover such treasure in this field as makes it unspeakably valuable; they make it their own upon any terms. Though nothing can be given as a price for this salvation, yet much must be given up for the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47-50This parable is about God's judgment on the last day (Matthew 25:31–46). Then he will forever separate the wicked from the righteous. This warning emphasizes the importance of the two earlier invitations to make a decision to trust Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4848. Which, when it was full, they drew to shore--for the separation will not be made till the number of the elect is accomplished. and sat down--expressing the deliberateness with which the judicial separation will at length be made. and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away--literally, "the rotten," but here meaning, "the foul" or "worthless" fish: corresponding to the "tares" of the other parable.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 13:48

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Righteous
• Sermon
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Anon
• Choke
• Church
• Fishing, the art of
• Furnace
• Gather
• Harvest
• Householder
• Net
• Root

Commentaries on Matthew 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings