Matthew 9:16 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁶ 4 He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And no one puts a piece of cloth that has not been shrunk on an old garment, for such a patch tears away from the garment and a worse rent (tear) is made.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “No one sews a piece of new, unshrunk cloth on old clothes because the patch tears away the cloth and makes a worse tear.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For no one would sew a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. For it pulls its fullness away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fullness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.

Matthew 9:16 Cross References

Genesis 33:14

5 Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favor, my lord, in thy sight.

Psalm 125:3

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Isaiah 40:11

9 Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?

Matthew 9:15

3 And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,

Matthew 9:17

5 And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.

Mark 2:21

AND he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

Luke 5:36

And he said to them: The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

John 16:12

0 Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

1 Corinthians 13:13

So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said ? For you shall be speaking into the air.

2 Corinthians 9:12

And having in readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be fulfilled.