Joshua 9:13

Easy To Read Version

See our wineskins! When we left home they were new and filled with wine. Now you can see that they are cracked and old. See our clothes and sandals! You can see that the long journey has almost destroyed the things we wear.”

Cross References

Matthew 9:17

Also, people never pour new wine into old wine bags. {\cf2\super [112]} Why? Because the old bags will break. The wine will spill, and the wine bags will be ruined. But people always pour new wine into new wine bags. Then the wine and the wine bags will continue to be good.”

Mark 2:22

Also, people never pour new wine into old wine bags. {\cf2\super [32]} Why? Because the new wine will break the bags, and the wine will be ruined with the wine bags. People always put new wine into new wine bags.”

Luke 5:37

People never pour new wine into old wine bags. {\cf2\super [104]} Why? Because the new wine will break the bags, and the wine will spill out and the wine bags will be ruined.

Deuteronomy 29:5

The Lord led you through the desert for 40 years. And during all that time your clothes and your shoes did not wear out.

Joshua 9:12

“See our bread! When we left home it was warm and fresh. But now you can see that it is dry and old.

Joshua 9:14

The men of Israel wanted to know if these men were telling the truth. So they tasted the bread—but they did not ask the Lord what they should do.

Joshua 9:4

So those people decided to try to fool the people of Israel. This was their plan: They gathered together old wineskins [45] that were cracked and broken. They put these old wine skins on the backs of their animals. They put old pieces of cloth on their animals to look like they had traveled from far away.

Joshua 9:5

The men put old shoes on their feet. The men wore old clothes. The men found some old bread that was dry and moldy. So the men looked like they had traveled from a faraway place.