Matthew 13:47 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

KJV

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

In fulfilment of that prophecy of Hieremias, who said, I will send unto you many fishers, (Jer. 6:16.) when Peter and Andrew, James and John, heard the words, Follow me, I will make you fishers of men, they put together a net for themselves formed of the Old and New Testaments, and cast it into the sea of this world, and that remains spread until this day, taking up out of the salt and bitter and whirlpools whatever falls into it, that is good men and bad; and this is that He adds, And gathered of every kind.

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The parables of the “treasure hidden in a field” and the “merchant man seeking goodly pearls,” appear intended to convey one the same lesson. They vary, no doubt, in one striking particular: the “treasure” was found of one who does not seem to have sought it; the “pearl” was found of one who was actually seeking pearls. But the conduct of the finders, in both cases, was precisely alike: both “sold all” to make the thing found their own property; and it is exactly at this point that the instruction of both parables agrees.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind--The word here rendered "net" signifies a large drag-net, which draws everything after it, suffering nothing to escape, as distinguished from a casting-net (Mr 1:16, 18). The far-reaching efficacy of the Gospel is thus denoted.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πάλιν	Palin	Again	G3825 →
ὁμοία	homoia	like	G3664 →
ἐστὶν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
οὐρανῶν	ouranōn	heavens	G3772 →
σαγήνῃ	sagēnē	to a dragnet	G4522 →
βληθείσῃ	blētheisē	having been cast	G906 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
θάλασσαν	thalassan	sea	G2281 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
παντὸς	pantos	every	G3956 →
γένους	genous	kind	G1085 →
συναγαγούσῃ,	sunagagousē	having gathered together,	G4863 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
leads to
- Matthew 7:19
  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
- Hebrews 6:7–8
  For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
- Matthew 13:41
  The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- John 15:2
  He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
- Matthew 3:10
  The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Through
Mark 1:17
“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
leads to
- Luke 5:10
  and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”
- Matthew 4:19–20
  “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
- Acts 2:38–41
  Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew