Matthew 13:45-58 ▼

45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking good pearls,

46 who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, has sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered together of every kind,

48 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,

49 so will it be in the full end of the age, the messengers will come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

50 and will cast them into the furnace of the fire; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.”

51 Jesus says to them, “Did you understand all these?” They say to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

52 And He said to them, “Because of this, every scribe having been discipled in regard to the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.”

53 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these allegories, He removed from there,

54 and having come to His own country, He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, “From where to this One this wisdom and the mighty works?

55 Is this not the carpenter’s Son? Is His mother not called Mary, and His brothers James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

56 And His sisters—are they not all with us? From where, then, to this One all these?”

57 And they were stumbled at Him. And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house”:

58 and He did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.