40. Just as the weeds are gathered up and burnt in the fire, so the same thing will happen at the end of the age:
41. the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,
42. and they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and grind their teeth.
43. Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!
44. “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man happens to find a treasure hidden in a field. He covers it up again, and is so happy that he goes and sells everything he has, and then goes back and buys that field.
45. “Also, the Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man is looking for fine pearls,