Mark 2:21

No one seweth a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment; for the new piece teareth away from the old garment, and a worse rent is made.

Noyes Bible

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 bridegroom will be taken from them, and then will they fast in that day.

22And no one putteth new wine into old skins; for the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13Even as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Matthew 9:16No one putteth a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment; for the piece that filleth in teareth away from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure 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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