Matthew 9:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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. Both the skins and the wine will then be safe.

Cross References

Job 32:19

I am like a swollen wineskin, and I will burst

Psalm 119:83

My life is wasting away like a dried up wineskin, but I have not forgotten your teachings.

Matthew 9:16

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

Matthew 9:18

While Jesus was still speaking, an official came and knelt in front of him. The man said, “My daughter has just died! Please come and place your hand on her. Then she will live again.”

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 5:37

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

Luke 5:38

New wine must be put only into new wineskins.

Joshua 9:4

So they decided that some of their men should pretend to be messengers to Israel from a faraway country. The men put worn out bags on their donkeys and found some old wineskins that had cracked and had been sewn back together.