Luke 5:36

And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was [taken] out of the new agreeth not with the old.

And {G1161} he spake {G3004} also {G2532} a parable {G3850} unto {G4314} them {G846};{G3754} No man {G3762} putteth {G1911} a piece {G1915} of a new {G2537} garment {G2440} upon {G1909} an old {G2440}{G3820}; if otherwise, then {G1490} both {G2532} the new {G2537} maketh a rent {G4977}, and {G2532} the piece {G1915} that was taken out of {G575} the new {G2537} agreeth {G4856} not {G3756} with the old {G3820}.

Then he gave them an illustration: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and puts it on an old one; if he does, not only will the new one continue to rip, but the piece from the new will not match the old.

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 9:16 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Matthew 9:17 (6 votes)

    Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

  • Mark 2:21 (6 votes)

    No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

  • Mark 2:22 (6 votes)

    And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:16 (5 votes)

    And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Deuteronomy 22:11 (2 votes)

    Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.

  • Leviticus 19:19 (2 votes)

    ¶ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.