Secrets of the Kingdom
So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous Matthew 13:49 · Berean Standard Bible
This is how it will be at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous.
Jesus is consistent: there will be a final sorting. The mixed reality we live in now is temporary. God will set everything right.
Jesus explains the parable.
Jesus repeats the message because it is important: the current mix of good and evil will not last forever. A final, definitive sorting is coming.
Jesus provides the interpretation: at the 'end of the age' (synteleia tou aionos), angels will 'separate the wicked from the righteous' (aphoriousin tous ponerous ek mesou ton dikaion), mirroring the weeds parable's eschatology.
This explicit interpretation confirms the eschatological meaning of the net parable, with the same elements as the weeds interpretation: age-end timing, angelic agents, and definitive separation of righteous and wicked.
Jesus interprets the net parable for the disciples.
Jesus applies the fishing analogy directly to the final judgment: angels will execute the separation of wicked from righteous at the end of the age, just as fishermen sort their catch.
47Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
48When 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
50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51Have you understood all these things?”
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