Matthew 13:47-50
The key words: kingdom of heaven, good, bad, righteous, wicked, end of the age. Jesus contrasts good fish with bad fish and makes a comparison between fishermen sorting their catch and the angels sorting the righteous from the wicked at the end of the age. The whole thing is a simile or parable (the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down...).
Again, the point of this parable, much like the parable of the weeds, is that the righteous and wicked will co-exist but in the end, the judge will do what is right and the wicked will be condemned. Again, it is remarkable that both the righteous and the wicked are fish. Sometimes we see the wicked as sharks, as the enemy but they are just like me except for the grace of God.
I think Jesus is recognizing his disciples' tendency towards judgement and he is reminding them (and me) that it is his judge and not mine.
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That is a good thought. Are job is not to judge, but to love and show who God is to everyone around us, and isn't that a relief, because I don't think I would want to judge everybody, that would be an extremely difficult job, and only somebody knowing all the circumstances could do that job and that is God alone.
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