Matthew 9:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.

Cross References

Genesis 33:14

Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.

Psalm 125:3

For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

Isaiah 40:11

He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

Matthew 9:17

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

Mark 2:21

No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.

Luke 5:36

And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

John 16:12

I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.

1 Corinthians 13:13

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

2 Corinthians 9:12

For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;