Luke 5:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁹ And no one who has drunk aged wine wants newly squeezed [juice], for he says, ‘The older [grape juice] is better.’”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ And no one after drinking old wine immediately desires new wine, for he says, The old is good or better.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.

Common English Bible

³⁹ No one who drinks a well-aged wine wants new wine, but says, ‘The well-aged wine is better.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ And no one who is drinking the old, soon wishes for the new. For he says, 'The old is better.' "

Luke 5:39 Cross References

Hebrews 11:39

And all of these people were commended [by God] for their faith, yet did not receive [all of] what was promised to them,

Matthew 5:40

And if anyone takes you to court in order to take your shirt away from you, let him have your coat also [i.e., if he insists on it].

Luke 5:38

But freshly squeezed grape juice must be put into newly made animal skins.

Luke 6:1

Now it happened on a Sabbath day that Jesus was walking through some grain fields. His disciples picked off some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands and ate [the kernels]. [Note: It was an accepted practice for people in that day to be permitted to do this as they walked along paths bordering a grain field].