Matt 13:44 ¶ "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Matt 13:45 ¶ "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,
Matt 13:46 and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Matt 13:47 ¶ "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind;
Matt 13:48 and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.
Matt 13:49 "So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,
Matt 13:50 and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matt 13:51 ¶ "Have you understood all these things?" They *said to Him, "Yes."
Matt 13:52 And Jesus said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old."
Matt 13:53 ¶ When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.
Matt 13:54 He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
Matt 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Matt 13:56 "And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"
Matt 13:57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."
Matt 13:58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
Matt 14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus,
Matt 14:2 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him."
Matt 14:3 ¶ For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.
Matt 14:5 Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet.
Matt 14:6 ¶ But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,