Matth. 13, 44-52.
But sometimes the kingdom of heaven is like a hidden treasure in the field, which a man found and hid, and went away rejoicing over it, and sold all that he had, and bought the field. But once the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant who sought good pearls. And when he found a pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. But once the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea to sow every kind. But when it is full, they draw it out to the shore, sit down, and gather the good ones into a vessel; but the rotten ones they cast away. So it will be at the end of the world. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said to them: Have ye understood all these things? They said: Yea, Lord. Then said he, Therefore every scribe, being taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.