Luke 5:37

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine shall break the bottles, and the wine shall be shed out, and the bottles shall perish. [And no man putteth new wine into old wine vessels; else the new wine shall break the wine vessels, and the wine shall be shed out, and the wine vessels shall perish.]

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In The King James Version

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

In Context

36And he said to them also a likeness (or a parable); For no man taketh a piece from a new cloth, and putteth it into an old clothing, (or For no man taketh a piece from a new cloak, and putteth it onto an old piece of clothing); else both he breaketh the new, and the piece of the new accordeth not to the old.

38But new wine oweth to be put into new bottles, and both be kept. [But new wine is to be put into new wine vessels, and both be kept.] (But new wine ought to be put into new bottles, and then both shall be kept or preserved.)

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Cross References

Joshua 9:13we filled new bottles of wine (or and we filled new bottles with wine); (but) now they be broken and unsewed; (and) the clothes and (the) shoes, with which we be clothed, and which we have on our feet, be broken and well-nigh wasted, from the length of (the) long way.

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 →

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