Mark 2:21
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.
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- Matt 9:16 : 16 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.
- 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.
- Ps 103:13-15 : 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on his faithful followers. 14 For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay. 15 A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
- Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.
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- Matt 9:14-174 verses95%
14The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
15Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.
16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.
17And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved.”
- Luke 5:34-396 verses93%
34So Jesus said to them,“You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?
35But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast.”
36He also told them a parable:“No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
38Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
39No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says,‘The old is good enough.’”
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22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
- Mark 2:18-203 verses77%
18The Superiority of the New Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said,“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”
19Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.
20But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.
- Deut 22:11-122 verses72%
11You must not wear clothing made with wool and linen meshed together.
12You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear.
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13These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.”
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52Then he said to them,“Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”
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11But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
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16The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
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10and said to him,“Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!”
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18and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
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10You will still be eating stored produce from the previous year and will have to clean out what is stored from the previous year to make room for new.
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30and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.
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13When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.
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7The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.
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15“Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine– you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their naked bodies.
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33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
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9Illustrations of the Principle of Purity You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled.
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6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
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13If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.
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29But he said,‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it.
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16Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.
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2Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
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23There was an opening in the center of the robe, like the opening of a collar, with an edge all around the opening so that it could not be torn.
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19Lasting Treasure“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
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11Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.
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2Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people, and new wine only deceives them.
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6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”
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5They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard.
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7which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!
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10and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
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40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your coat also.
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17So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away– look, what is new has come!
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29I tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
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5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.
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14Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
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9and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics.
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21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
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22You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,