Matthew 9:16

Free Bible Version

No one puts a new patch on old clothes, otherwise it will shrink and make the tear worse.

Cross References

Genesis 33:14

You go on, my lord, and your servant will come along slowly, walking with the children, and I'll meet you at Seir.”

Psalm 125:3

The wicked will not always rule over the land of the faithful, otherwise the faithful might also end up doing wrong.

Isaiah 40:11

He looks after his flock like a shepherd. He picks up the lambs in his arms and holds them close to his chest. He leads those that are nursing young.

Matthew 9:15

“Do wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus responded. “But the time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:17

No one puts new wine in old wineskins either, otherwise the wineskins will burst, spilling the wine and ruining the wineskins. No, new wine is put into new wineskins, and both last.”

Mark 2:21

No one puts a patch that's not shrunk on old clothes. Otherwise the new piece will shrink away from the old, and make the tear worse.

Luke 5:36

Then he gave them an illustration: “You don't tear out a patch from new clothes to mend old clothes. Otherwise you'd ruin new clothes, and the patch from the new wouldn't match the old.

John 16:12

There's much more I want to explain to you, but you couldn't stand it now.

1 Corinthians 13:13

Trust, hope, and love last forever—but the most important is love.

2 Corinthians 9:12

When you serve in this way, not only are the needs of God's people met, but also many will give grateful thanks to God.