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.