Parable of Drawing in the Net

thumb|The Parable of Drawing in the Net, etching by Jan Luyken The parable of drawing in the net, also known as the parable of the dragnet, is a Christian parable that appears in the Gospel of Matthew. The parable refers to the Last Judgment. This parable is the seventh and last in Matthew 13, which began with the parable of the Sower. It directly follows the Parable of the Pearl, which is about the Kingdom of God. Thus, it links the Kingdom of God with the final judgment—the separation for Hell and Heaven. Quotes about Bible “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When 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. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.“Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked.“Yes,” they replied.He 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.” Gospel of Matthew 13:47-52 NIV. Others The net is cast from above into the sea; it remains submerged in the water and collects every kind. The net makes no choices. The lack of selection is an image of our daily human life in which, apparently, every kind of reality is gathered, coexists and proceeds together. However, there are also distinctions and separations. The first separation takes place through the net itself, even if this is not explicitly stated: there are those who are in the net and those who are outside it. The latter are not mentioned here. All attention is focused on those who are in the net. In their variety, they correspond to an expectation. The expectation that what is in the net can be used as the fisherman wishes. Adrienne von Speyr, Le parabole del Signore (Gleichnisse des Herrn, 1966), translation into Italian by Giuseppe Reguzzoni, Jaca Book, Milano, 2008, p. 67. ISBN 978-88-16-30459-8. External links Category:Parables of Jesus