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“Again, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a net which is cast into the sea, and which gathers of divers kinds.”
“We read of this character under this language—“Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth.”
“But be you like the good ground whereon the seed did fall and it brought forth fruit, some twenty, some fifty, and some a hundred fold.”
“When the sower went forth to sow his seed, some of it fell on good soil, and it brought forth fruit, some twentyfold, some thirtyfold, but it is written, “Some a hundredfold.”
“He shall cry unto His angels and say, “Gather out of my kingdom all things that offend, and them that do iniquity.”
“Soon the great Master shall say, “Bind up the tares in bundles to burn, and gather the wheat into my barn.”
“Then shall they shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.”