Mark 2:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

No one patches old clothes by sewing on a piece of new cloth. The new piece would shrink and tear a bigger hole.

Cross References

Isaiah 57:16

My people, I won't stay angry and keep on accusing you. After all, I am your Creator. I don't want you to give up in complete despair.

Matthew 9:16

No one uses a new piece of cloth to patch old clothes. The patch would shrink and tear a bigger hole.

Mark 2:20

But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.

Mark 2:22

No one pours new wine into old wineskins. The wine would swell and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins.

Luke 5:36

Jesus then told them these sayings: No one uses a new piece of cloth to patch old clothes. The patch would shrink and make the hole even bigger.

1 Corinthians 10:13

You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations.