Matthew 9:16
No man puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment, for the patch will tear away from the garment, and a worse tear will be made.
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Genesis 33:14Please let my master go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are before me, and at the pace of the children, until I come to my master in Seir.”
Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather in his arm the lambs, 1 and carry them close to his heart, 1 and will gently lead the ewes nursing their young. 1
John 16:12I have many things to say to you, but you would not understand them now.
1 Corinthians 13:13But now these three remain: faith, future confidence, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:15-18
Christ's Reply to the Disciples of John. 14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 16 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.… Read the whole commentary →