40. Weeds are gathered and burnt. That's how it will be at the end of time.
41. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everyone who does wrong or causes others to sin.
42. Then he will throw them into a flaming furnace, where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.
43. But everyone who has done right will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. If you have ears, pay attention!
44. The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when someone finds treasure hidden in a field and buries it again. A person like that is happy and goes and sells everything in order to buy that field.
45. The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a shop owner is looking for fine pearls.
46. After finding a very valuable one, the owner goes and sells everything in order to buy that pearl.
47. The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a net is thrown into a lake and catches all kinds of fish.
48. When the net is full, it is dragged to the shore, and the fishermen sit down to separate the fish. They keep the good ones, but throw the bad ones away.
49. That's how it will be at the end of time. Angels will come and separate the evil people from the ones who have done right.
50. Then those evil people will be thrown into a flaming furnace, where they will cry and grit their teeth in pain.
51. Jesus asked his disciples if they understood all these things. They said, “Yes, we do.”
52. So he told them, “Every student of the Scriptures who becomes a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like someone who brings out new and old treasures from the storeroom.”
53. When Jesus had finished telling these stories, he left
54. and went to his home town. He taught in their meeting place, and the people were so amazed that they asked, “Where does he get all this wisdom and the power to perform these miracles?
55. Isn't he the son of the carpenter? Isn't Mary his mother, and aren't James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas his brothers?
56. Don't his sisters still live here in our town? How can he do all this?”
57. So the people were very unhappy because of what he was doing.But Jesus said, “Prophets are honoured by everyone, except the people of their home town and their own family.”
58. And because the people did not have any faith, Jesus did not perform many miracles there.