Luke 5:39
And no one, after drinking old wine, immediately desires new; for he says: The old is better.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
In Context
38But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both will be preserved.
Cross References
Mark 7:7In vain do they worship me, teaching precepts, the commandments of men.
Hebrews 11:1Now, faith is a sure confidence with respect to things hoped for, a firm persuasion with respect to things not seen:
Matthew Henry on Luke 5:28-39
The Call of Matthew; Watchfulness Inculcated. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering… Read the whole commentary →