Matthew 9:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.

Cross References

John 16:12

‘I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

1 Corinthians 13:13

Now these three remain: faith, hope,  and love #– #but the greatest of these is love.

Isaiah 40:11

He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.

Genesis 33:14

Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.’

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, ‘Can the wedding guests   be sad while the groom is with them? The time   will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:17

And no one puts   new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.’

Mark 2:21

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth,   and a worse tear is made.

2 Corinthians 9:12

For the ministry of this service  is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.

Luke 5:36

He also told them a parable: ‘No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.