Matthew 13:38

38The field is the world, and the good seed is athe sons of the kingdom. The weeds are bthe sons of the evil one,

Matthew 13:47-48

The Parable of the Net

47Again, the kingdom of heaven is clike a net that was thrown into the sea and dgathered fish of every kind. 48When it was full, emen drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.

Matthew 22:11-12

11But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there fa man who had no wedding garment. 12And he said to him, gFriend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

Matthew 25:1-2

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like hten virgins who took their lamps
Or torches
and went to meet jthe bridegroom.
Some manuscripts add and the bride
2Five of them were foolish, and five were lwise.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9Or do you not know that the unrighteous
Or wrongdoers
will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: nneither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And psuch were some of you. But qyou were washed, ryou were sanctified, syou were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

2 Corinthians 12:21

21I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those twho sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, usexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.

1 John 2:19

19 vThey went out from us, but they were not of us; for wif they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, xthat it might become plain that they all are not of us.
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