Luke 5:39 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new; for he saith, The old is better.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And no one after drinking old wine immediately desires new wine, for he says, The old is good or better.

American Standard Version (1901)

And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.

Common English Bible

No one who drinks a well-aged wine wants new wine, but says, ‘The well-aged wine is better.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And no one who is drinking the old, soon wishes for the new. For he says, 'The old is better.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And no man drinking old, hath presently a mind to new: for he saith, The old is better.

Luke 5:39 Cross References

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Matthew 5:40

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

Luke 6:1

And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

Hebrews 11:39

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: