Matthew 9:16
No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.Matthew 9:16 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — માથ્થી ૯:૧૬
- વળી નવા વસ્ત્રોનું થીંગડું જૂના વસ્ત્રોમાં કોઈ મારતું નથી, કેમ કે તે થીંગડાથી તે વસ્ત્રો ખેંચાય છે, અને તે વધારે ફાટી જાય છે.
- हिन्दी — मत्ती ९:१६
- नये कपड़े का पैबन्द पुराने वस्त्र पर कोई नहीं लगाता, क्योंकि वह पैबन्द वस्त्र से और कुछ खींच लेता है, और वह अधिक फट जाता है।
In context
14Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
15Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
17Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
18While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
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