Mark 2:21

No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

In Context

20But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

22And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.

Matthew 9:16And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.

1 Corinthians 10:13You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:19-28

The Hypocritical Rigour of the Pharisees. 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 No… Read the whole commentary →

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