Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Matthew 13:48
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Matthew13:48
48. Which, when it was full, they drew to shore--for the separation will not be made till the number of the elect is accomplished.
and sat down--expressing the deliberateness with which the judicial separation will at length be made.
and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away--literally, "the rotten," but here meaning, "the foul" or "worthless" fish: corresponding to the "tares" of the other parable.
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