“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.”

But I tell you, from this moment I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in My Father’s kingdom with you.”

So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen,

They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.

I assure you: I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in the kingdom of God.”

After he bought some fine linen, he took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. Then he placed Him in a tomb cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him,

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.

and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper.

Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”

I went up according to a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles—but privately to those recognized as leaders—so that I might not be running, or have run the race, in vain.

Hold firmly to the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.

For example, a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and a poor man dressed in dirty clothes also comes in.

If you look with favor on the man wearing the fine clothes and say, “Sit here in a good place,” and yet you say to the poor man, “Stand over there,” or, “Sit here on the floor by my footstool,”

Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments or fine clothes.

His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of cascading waters.

“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira:

“The Son of God, the One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze, says:

merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; fine fabrics of linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all kinds of fragrant wood products; objects of ivory; objects of expensive wood, brass, iron, and marble;

cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine wheat flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves and human lives.

saying:

Woe, woe, the great city,
dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet,
adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls,

She was given fine linen to wear, bright and pure.

For the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints.