Mark 2:21
No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.
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- Matt 9:16 : 16 And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.
- 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.
- Ps 103:13-15 : 13 As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers. 14 For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
- Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.
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- Matt 9:14-174 verses95%
14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?
15 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
16 And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.
17 And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.
- Luke 5:34-396 verses93%
34 And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?
35 But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
36 And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.
37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.
38 But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.
39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
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22 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.
- Mark 2:18-203 verses77%
18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?
19 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.
20 But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
- Deut 22:11-122 verses72%
11 Do not have clothing made of two sorts of thread, wool and linen together.
12 On the four edges of your robe, with which your body is covered, put ornaments of twisted threads.
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13 And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are cracked as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.
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52 And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
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11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;
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16 And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.
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10 And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.
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18 And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.
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10 And old stores long kept will be your food, and you will take out the old because of the new;
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30 And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.
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13 When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.
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7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
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15 A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!
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33 No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.
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9 Do not have your vine-garden planted with two sorts of seed: or all of it may become a loss, the seed you have put in as well as the increase.
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6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
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13 But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.
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29 But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.
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16 No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.
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2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
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23 With a hole at the top in the middle, like the hole in the coat of a fighting-man, edged with a band to make it strong.
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19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
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11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.
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2 The grain-floor and the place where the grapes are crushed will not give them food; there will be no new wine for them.
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6 Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
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5 And put old stitched-up shoes on their feet, and old clothing on their backs; and all the food they had with them was dry and broken up.
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7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
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10 And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
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40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.
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17 So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
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29 But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
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5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
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14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
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9 They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.
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21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
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22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;