“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,

“天国又好像网撒在海里，聚拢各样水族，

“天国又好比网撒在海里，聚拢各种鱼类，

“天国又好比网撒在海里，聚拢各种鱼类，

“天国就像一张渔网，撒在海里捕到了各种鱼。

“天国又好像一个网，撒在海里，网到各样的鱼。

“天国又好比一张渔网撒在海里，网到了各种鱼类。

天國又好像網撒在海裏，聚攏各樣水族，

「天國又好比網撒在海裏，聚攏各種魚類，

「天國又好比網撒在海裏，聚攏各種魚類，

「天國就像一張漁網，撒在海裡捕到了各種魚。

“天國又好像一個網，撒在海裡，網到各樣的魚。

『天國又好像拖網撒在海裏，聚攏着各樣的水族。

「天國又好比一張漁網撒在海裡，網到了各種魚類。

又天國猶罟施於海、集諸水族、

天國猶罟、施於海、集諸水族、

天國又如網施於海、集諸水族、

天國又如施罟於海、網羅所有鱗介、

“ Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.

“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net. It was let down into the lake. It caught all kinds of fish.

“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.

“ Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that was thrown into the water and caught fish of every kind.

“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,

“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind;

“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind,

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

“ Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

“ Follow Me,” He told them,“ and I will make you fish for people!”

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousnessbut received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.These people are springs without water, mists driven by a whirlwind. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and,“ a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.”

Therefore go to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.

It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles— a man is living with his father’s wife.And you are inflated with pride, instead of filled with grief so that he who has committed this act might be removed from your congregation.For though I am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already decided about the one who has done this thing as though I were present.When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus with my spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus,turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast permeates the whole batch of dough?

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.The landowner’s slaves came to him and said,‘ Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’“‘ An enemy did this!’ he told them.“‘ So, do you want us to go and gather them up?’ the slaves asked him.“‘ No,’ he said.‘ When you gather up the weeds, you might also uproot the wheat with them.Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but store the wheat in my barn.’”

“ So the slave came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his slave,‘ Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame!’“‘ Master,’ the slave said,‘ what you ordered has been done, and there’s still room.’“ Then the master told the slave,‘ Go out into the highways and lanes and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

Now I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea,and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.They all ate the same spiritual food,and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did.Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.Let us not commit sexual immorality as some of them did, and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead.Let us not test Christ as some of them did and were destroyed by snakes.Nor should we complain as some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer.Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their destiny will be according to their works.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.I fear that when I come my God will again humiliate me in your presence, and I will grieve for many who sinned before and have not repented of the moral impurity, sexual immorality, and promiscuity they practiced.

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!

There must, indeed, be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.“ Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon.“ From now on you will be catching people!”

This issue arose because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the open country, dangers on the sea, and dangers among false brothers;

For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord first saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property.However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.Then Peter said,“ Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God!”When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.The young men got up, wrapped his body, carried him out, and buried him.There was an interval of about three hours; then his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.“ Tell me,” Peter asked her,“ did you sell the field for this price?”“ Yes,” she said,“ for that price.”Then Peter said to her,“ Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

“ Write to the angel of the church in Sardis:“ The One who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

“ Follow Me,” Jesus told them,“ and I will make you fish for people!”

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot.So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of My mouth.Because you say,‘ I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,saying,“ Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter told him,“ May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

“ Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.Five of them were foolish and five were sensible.When the foolish took their lamps, they didn’t take olive oil with them.But the sensible ones took oil in their flasks with their lamps.