The Pharisees thought themselves too wise to need instruction, too righteous to need salvation, too highly honored to need the honor that comes from Christ. The Saviour turned away from them to find others who would receive the message of heaven. In the untutored fishermen, in the publican at the market place, in the woman of Samaria, in the common people who heard Him gladly, He found His new bottles for the new wine. The instrumentalities to be used in the gospel work are those souls who gladly receive the light which God sends them. These are His agencies for imparting the knowledge of truth to the world. If through the grace of Christ His people will become new bottles, He will fill them with new wine.

Farisæerne mente, at de var alt for kloge til at behøve belæring, alt for retfærdige til at trænge til frelse, alt for ærede af alle til at behøve den ære, der stammer fra Kristus. Frelseren vendte sig bort fra dem for at finde andre, der ville tage imod Himmelens budskab. I de uoplyste fiskere, i tolderen på markedspladsen, i den samaritanske kvinde fandt han billedlig talt nye flasker til den nye vin. De hjælpere, som kan bruges i evangeliets tjeneste, er de sjæle, som med glæde tager imod det lys, Gud sender dem. Disse er hans medarbejdere i arbejdet for at meddele verden kendskab til sandheden. Hans folk skal blive som nye læderflasker, og han vil fylde dem med ny vin.