Matthew 13:48
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
When the net was full, they dragged it up onto the shore, sat down, and sorted the good fish into crates, but threw the bad ones away.

English Standard Version
When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.

Berean Standard Bible
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 Literal Bible
which when it was filled, they having drawn it up on the shore and having sat down, collected the good into vessels, and they cast out the bad.

King James Bible
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

New King James Version
which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.

New American Standard Bible
and when it was filled, they pulled it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

NASB 1995
and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

NASB 1977
and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

Legacy Standard Bible
and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

Amplified Bible
and when it was full, they dragged it up on the beach; and they sat down and sorted out the good fish into baskets, but the worthless ones they threw away.

Christian Standard Bible
and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But when it was full they brought it up to the seashore, and they sat and selected out and they placed the good in vessels and the bad they threw out.

Contemporary English Version
When the net is full, it is dragged to the shore, and the fishermen sit down to separate the fish. They keep the good ones, but throw the bad ones away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
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.

Good News Translation
When the net is full, they pull it to shore and sit down to divide the fish: the good ones go into the buckets, the worthless ones are thrown away.

International Standard Version
When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away.

Literal Standard Version
which, when it was filled, having drawn up again on the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they cast out,

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away.

NET Bible
When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

New Revised Standard Version
when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad.

New Heart English Bible
which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

Webster's Bible Translation
Which, when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast away the bad.

Weymouth New Testament
When full, they haul it up on the beach, and sit down and collect the good fish in baskets, while the worthless they throw away.

World English Bible
which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Parable of the Net
47Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish. 48 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. 49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,…

Cross References
Matthew 4:18
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Matthew 13:47
Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

Matthew 13:49
So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,


Treasury of Scripture

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

and gathered.

Matthew 13:30,40-43
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn…

Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

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Matthew 13
1. The parable of the sower and the seed;
18. the explanation of it.
24. The parable of the weeds;
31. of the mustard seed;
33. of the leaven;
36. explanation of the parable of the weeds.
44. The parable of the hidden treasure;
45. of the pearl;
47. of the drag net cast into the sea.
53. Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country.














Verse 48. - Which, when it was full; filled (Revised Version, ἐπληρώθη); i.e. not as a matter of course, but by those that came or were brought in. They drew to shore. The Revised Version reproduces the local touch, they drew up on the beach (ver. 2, note). In the parable those who cast the net also separate the fish, but this identification of two distinct sets of persons (vers. 24, 30, 37, 41) is merely part of the machinery of the story (cf. ver. 25). And sat down. How true to life. Perhaps it "intimates the thoughtful care with which the work of separation is performed" (Goebel). And gathered (συνέλεξαν); ver. 30, note. The good. Corresponding to their proper nature also in appearance (τὰ καλά: cf. Matthew 7:17, note). Into vessels, but cast the bad (τὰ δὲ σαπρά); Matthew 7:17, 18, notes; Matthew 12:33. Not to be pressed to mean "corrupt, dead fish, in a state of rottenness" (Goebel), for surely fishermen seldom get many of these, but simply the worthless, the unfit for use. This would include the legally unclean. Tristram writes," The greater number of the species taken on the lake are rejected by the fishermen, and I have sat with them on the gunwale while they went through their net, and threw out into the sea those that were too small for the market or were considered unclean" ('Nat. Hist. of Bible,' p. 291, edit. 1889). Away (ἔξω ἔβαλον). Compare, for both language and thought, the treatment of the salt that has lost its savour (Matthew 5:13).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
When
ὅτε (hote)
Adverb
Strong's 3753: When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When.

it was full,
ἐπληρώθη (eplērōthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4137: From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.

[the men] pulled [it]
ἀναβιβάσαντες (anabibasantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 307: To draw up, as a net to shore. From ana and a derivative of the base of basis; to cause to go up, i.e. Haul.

ashore.
αἰγιαλὸν (aigialon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 123: Sea-coast, (sandy) beach; shore (of sea or lake), land. From aisso and hals (on which the waves dash).

Then
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they sat down
καθίσαντες (kathisantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2523: Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle.

[and] sorted
συνέλεξαν (synelexan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4816: To collect, gather. From sun and lego in its original sense; to collect.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

good [fish]
καλὰ (kala)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2570: Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

containers,
ἄγγη (angē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 30: A vessel, flask. From aggos; a receptacle.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

threw
ἔβαλον (ebalon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 906: (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

bad
σαπρὰ (sapra)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4550: Rotten, useless, corrupt, depraved. From sepo; rotten, i.e. Worthless.

away.
ἔξω (exō)
Adverb
Strong's 1854: Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.


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