Matthew 13:44-58 ▼

44 |The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid [again]; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

45 |Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,

46 and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

47 |Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering [fish] of every kind;

48 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.

49 |So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,

50 and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51 |Have you understood all these things?| They said to Him, |Yes.|

52 And Jesus said to them, |Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.|

53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.

54 He came to His hometown and [began] teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, |Where [did] this man [get] this wisdom and [these] miraculous powers?

55 |Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

56 |And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then [did] this man [get] all these things?|

57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, |A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his [own] household.|

58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.