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Matthew 13:47-52

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47“Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.

48When 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.

49This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

50and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51“Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they replied.

52He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

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1)       According to what Jesus said in verse 47 what is the kingdom of heaven like?

o   The kingdom of heaven is like a net that

§  Was let down into the lake.

§  And caught all kinds of fish.

 

2)       According to what Jesus said in verse 48 what would the fishermen do when the net was full?

o   The fishermen

§  Pulled the net up on the shore.

§  Sat down.

§  Collected the good fish in baskets.

§  But threw the bad away.

 

3)       According to what Jesus said in verses 49 and 50 what will angels do at the end of the age?

o   Angels will

§  Separate the wicked from the righteous.

§  And throw them into the blazing furnace.

§  Where

§  There will be

Ø  Weeping. 

Ø  And gnashing of teeth.

 

4)       What does the blazing furnace stand for?

o   It stands for hell.

 

5)       What was the dialog between Jesus and the disciples in verse 51?

o   Jesus asked them if they had understood all those things.

o   And they answered in the affirmative.

 

6)       According to what Jesus said in verse 52 what was a teacher of the law who had become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven like?

o   He was like the owner of a house who brought out of his storeroom

§  New treasures.

§  As well as old.

 

7)       What do the old treasures and the new treasures stand for?

o   They stand for the truth in

§  The Old Testament.

§  And the New Testament of the bible respectively.

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Matthew 13:47-52

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