Matthew 13:47-50 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:… There is a machine in the Bank of England which receives sovereigns, as a mill receives grain, for the purpose of determining wholesale whether all are of full weight. As they pass through, the machinery, by unerring laws, throws all that axe light to one side, and all that are of full weight to another. That process is a silent but solemn parable for me. Founded as it is upon the laws of nature, it affords the most vivid similitude of the certainty which characterizes the judgment of the great day. (W. Arnot.) Parallel Verses 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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