Matthew 13:47

The Parable Of The Dragnet

⁴⁶ Finding one of great value, he went and sold everything that he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷  Or again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a net which was cast into the sea, and caught fish of all kinds. ⁴⁸ When it was full, they hauled it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless ones away.

Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 4:19

"Come and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will set you to fish for men."

Matthew 13:26-30

So, when the blades of corn shot up, and came into ear, the tares made their appearance also.

Matthew 22:9-10

So go to the cross-roads, and invite everyone you find to the banquet.'

Matthew 25:1-4

Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Mark 1:17

"Come and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will set you to fish for men."

Luke 5:10

And so, too, were James and John, Zebediah's sons, who were Simon's partners. "Do not be afraid," Jesus said to Simon; "from to-day you shall catch men."

Luke 14:21-23

On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant 'Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.'

John 15:2

Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.

John 15:6

If any one does not remain united to me, he is thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.

Acts 5:1-10

There was, however, a man named Ananias, who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property,

Acts 8:18-22

When Simon saw that it was through the placing of the Apostles' hands on them that the Spirit was given, he brought them a sum of money and said:

Acts 20:30

And from among yourselves, too, men will arise, who will teach perversions of truth, so as to draw away the disciples after them.

1 Corinthians 5:1-6

There is a wide-spread report respecting a case of immorality among you, and that, too, of a kind that does not occur even among the Gentiles-a man, I hear, is living with his father's wife!

1 Corinthians 10:1-12

I want you to bear in mind, Brothers, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

1 Corinthians 11:19

Indeed, there must be actual parties among you, for so only will the men of real worth become known.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

Men of this stamp are false apostles, treacherous workers, disguising themselves as Apostles of Christ!

2 Corinthians 11:26

My journeys have been many. I have been through dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in towns, dangers in the country, dangers on the sea, dangers among false Brothers.

2 Corinthians 12:20-21

For I am afraid that perhaps, when I come, I may find that you are not what I want you to be, and, on the other hand, that you may find that I am what you do not want me to be. I am afraid that I may find quarreling, jealousy, ill-feeling, rivalry, slandering, back-biting, self-assertion, and disorder.

Galatians 2:4

But, on account of the false Brothers who had stolen in, the men who had crept in to spy upon the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery--

2 Timothy 3:2-5

Men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, and blasphemous; disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, impure,

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For a time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching. They will follow their own wishes, and, in their itching for novelty, procure themselves a crowd of teachers.

Titus 1:9-11

who holds doctrine that can be relied on as being in accordance with the accepted Teaching; so that he may be able to encourage others by sound teaching, as well as to refute our opponents.

2 Peter 2:1-3

But there were false prophets also in the nation, just as there will be false teachers among you, men who will secretly introduce ruinous divisions, disowning even the Lord who bought them, and bringing speedy Ruin upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:13-22

suffering themselves, as the penalty for the suffering that they have inflicted. They think that pleasure consists in the self-indulgence of the moment. They are a stain and a disgrace, indulging, as they do, in their wanton revelry, even while joining you at your feasts.

1 John 2:18-19

My Children, these are the last days. You were told that an Anti-Christ was coming; and many Anti-Christ's have already arisen. By that we know that these are the last days.

1 John 4:1-6

Dear friends, do not trust every inspiration, but test each inspiration, to see whether it proceeds from God; because many false Prophets have gone out into the world.

Jude 1:4-5

For there have crept in among you certain godless people, whose sentence has long since been pronounced, and who make the mercy of God an excuse for profligacy, and disown our only lord and master, Jesus Christ.

Revelation 3:1

To the Angel of the Church in Sardis write:-- "These are the words of him who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars;--I know your life, and that men say of you that you are living, though you are dead.

Revelation 3:15-17

I know your life; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!