Luke 5:39 - Revised Standard Version

³⁹ And no one after drinking old wine desires new; for he says, ‘The old is good.’ ”

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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.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ 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 says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Matthew 5:40

and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well;

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

Luke 6:1

On a sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

Hebrews 11:39

And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised,