Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "No one patches up an old coat with a piece of new cloth, for the new patch will shrink and make an even bigger hole in the coat. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent. new cloth. Genesis 33:14 May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir. Psalm 125:3 For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity. Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young. John 16:12 I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now. 1 Corinthians 3:1,2 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ. . . . 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity. Context The Patches and the Wineskins15And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast. 16And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent. 17Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved.… Cross References Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast. Matthew 9:17 Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved. Mark 2:21 No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent. 2 Corinthians 9:12 Because the administration of this office doth not only supply the want of the saints, but aboundeth also by many thanksgivings in the Lord. Additional Translations No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on old clothing, for the filling up of it tears away from the garment, and a worse tear emerges. No man puts a piece of new cloth to an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment, and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made. But no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for its filling up takes from the garment and a worse rent takes place. And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made. No man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment: for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made. No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made. Jump to Previous Cloak Cloth Fill Filling Garment Hole Making Mends New Newly Otherwise Patch Piece Pull Puts Putteth Rent Sews Tear Undressed Unshrunk Worse WovenJump to Next Cloak Cloth Fill Filling Garment Hole Making Mends New Newly Otherwise Patch Piece Pull Puts Putteth Rent Sews Tear Undressed Unshrunk Worse WovenLinks Matthew 9:16 NIVMatthew 9:16 NLT Matthew 9:16 ESV Matthew 9:16 NASB Matthew 9:16 KJV Matthew 9:16 Bible Apps Matthew 9:16 Biblia Paralela Matthew 9:16 Chinese Bible Matthew 9:16 French Bible Matthew 9:16 German Bible Alphabetical: a an and away But cloth for from garment making No of old on one patch pull pulls puts results sews tear the unshrunk will worse NT Gospels: Matthew 9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk (Matt. Mat Mt) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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