Luke 5:39 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁹ “And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new wine, for he says, ‘The old 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

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus said יהוה, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and find rest for yourselves. But they said, ‘We do not walk in it.’

Matthew 5:40

“And he who wishes to sue you and take away your inner garment, let him have your outer garment as well.

Luke 5:38

“But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

Luke 6:1

And it came to be on a Sabbath that He went through grainfields, and His taught ones were plucking the heads of grain and were eating, rubbing them in the hands.

Hebrews 11:39

And having obtained witness through the belief, all these did not receive the promise,