Mark 2:21

No one sews a piece of unfulled cloth upon an old garment; else the new filling up of the old takes from it, and a worse rent is made.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then they will fast in that day.

22And no one puts new wine into old skins; else the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is destroyed, and the skins[2:22].

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Cross References

Matthew 9:16And no one puts a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

1 Corinthians 10:13There has no temptation taken you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear 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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