Matthew 9:16

No one inserteth a piece of new cloth on an old garment; lest that which filleth up, tear from that garment, and the rent become greater.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Jesus said to them: Can the children of the nuptial chamber fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

17And they do not put new wine into old sacks; lest the sacks burst, and the wine run out, and the sacks perish. But they put new wine into new sacks and they are both preserved.

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Cross References

John 16:12Moreover, I have much to say to you: but ye cannot comprehend it now.

1 Corinthians 13:13For these three things are abiding, faith, and hope, 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 →

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