Matthew 9:16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch…”

Matthew 9:16

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer no man pieceth an olde garment with a piece of newe cloth: for that that should fill it vp, taketh away from the garment, and the breach is worse.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

'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.

Bible in Basic English

And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.

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Cross references

“for”

John 16:12 Psalm 125:3 Isaiah 40:11 1 Corinthians 13:13 Genesis 33:14 1 Corinthians 3:1

John 16:12 · BSB

I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

Psalm 125:3 · BSB

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

Isaiah 40:11 · BSB

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

1 Corinthians 13:13 · BSB

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

Genesis 33:14 · BSB

Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

1 Corinthians 3:1 · BSB

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

17Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

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