²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and ^(A)the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

¹⁸ The wall was built of ^(A)jasper, while the city was pure gold, like ^(B)clear glass.

⁴ The woman ^(A)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned ^(B)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand ^(C)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

² through the middle of ^(A)the street of the city; ^(B)also, on either side of the river, ^(C)the tree of life^[a] with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were ^(D)for the healing of the nations.

^11 (A)having the glory of God, ^(B)its radiance ^(C)like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. ¹² It had a great, high wall, ^(D)with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed—

The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value

⁴⁵ “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, ⁴⁶ who, on finding ^(A)one pearl of great value, ^(B)went and sold all that he had and ^(C)bought it.

²⁰ The inner sanctuary^[a] was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid^[b] an altar of cedar.