Luke 5:39
No man after drinking old wine wishes for new. ‘No,’ he says, ‘the old is excellent.’”
Twentieth Century New Testament
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 new wine must be put into fresh skins.
Cross References
Mark 7:7but vainly do they worship me, For they teach but the precepts of men.’
Hebrews 11:1Faith is the realisation of things hoped for — the proof of 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 →