Luke 5:39
And no one drinketh old wine, and immediately calleth for new; for he saith, The old is the delicious.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 they put new wine into new sacks, and both are preserved.
Cross References
Mark 7:7And in vain do they give me reverence, while teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.
Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the persuasion of the things that are in hope, as if they were in act; and it is the manifestness of the 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 →