Mark 2:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

No man sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment, otherwise the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse.

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  • Matt 9:16 : 16 No man puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up pulls from the garment, and the tear is made worse.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able; but with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
  • Ps 103:13-15 : 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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  • Matt 9:14-17
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    14Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but your disciples do not fast?

    15And Jesus said to 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 they shall fast.

    16No man puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up pulls from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

    17Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins: else the wineskins break, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish: but they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

  • Luke 5:34-39
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    34And he said to them, Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

    35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.

    36And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment on an old one; otherwise, the new makes a tear, and the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.

    37And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.

    38But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

    39No one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, The old is better.

  • 22And no man puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

  • Mark 2:18-20
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    18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?

    19And Jesus said to them, Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

    20But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.

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    11You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen together.

    12You shall make tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.

  • 13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and look, they are torn: and these garments and our shoes have become old because of the very long journey.

  • 52He said to them, Therefore every teacher of the law who is instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.

  • 11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

  • 16And let him who is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment.

  • 10And said to him, Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have drunk freely, then the inferior. But you have kept the good wine until now.

  • 18And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes.

  • 10And you shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

  • 30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.

  • 13In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away.

  • 7The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

  • 15Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who puts the bottle to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on their nakedness!

  • 33No one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light.

  • 9You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seeds, lest the fruit of your seed which you have sown, and the fruit of your vineyard, be defiled.

  • 6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • 13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make restitution for what was torn.

  • 29No, he answered, because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.

  • 16No man, when he has lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that those who enter in may see the light.

  • 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

  • 23And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening of a coat of mail, with a band around the opening, that it should not tear.

  • 19Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

  • 11Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • 2The threshing floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

  • 6You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.

  • 5And patched up old shoes on their feet, and old garments on them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

  • 7With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

  • 10And have put on the new self, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created him.

  • 40If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.

  • 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

  • 29But I say to you, I will not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

  • 5Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

  • 9But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

  • 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

  • 22That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,