Matthew 9:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“When someone sews a patch over a hole in an old coat, they never use a piece of cloth that has not already been shrunk. If they do, the patch will shrink and pull away from the coat. Then the hole will be worse.

Cross References

John 16:12

“I have so much more to tell you, but it is too much for you to accept now.

1 Corinthians 13:13

So these three things continue: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.

Psalm 125:3

The wicked will not always control the land of those who do right. If they did, even those who do right might start doing wrong.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a good shepherd, he takes care of his people. He gathers them like lambs in his arms. He holds them close, while their mothers walk beside him.

Genesis 33:14

So you go on ahead. I will follow you slowly. I will go slowly enough for the cattle and other animals to be safe and so that my children will not get too tired. I will meet you in Seir.”

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “At a wedding the friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. They cannot fast then. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them. Then they will fast.

Matthew 9:17

Also, people never pour new wine into old wineskins. They would break, the wine would spill out, and the wineskins would be ruined. People always put new wine into new wineskins, which won’t break, and the wine stays good.”

Mark 2:21

“When someone sews a patch over a hole in an old coat, they never use a piece of cloth that is not yet shrunk. If they do, the patch will shrink and pull away from the coat. Then the hole will be worse.

2 Corinthians 9:12

The service you are offering helps God’s people with their needs, but that is not all it does. It is also bringing more and more thanks to God.

Luke 5:36

Jesus told them this story: “No one takes cloth off a new coat to cover a hole in an old coat. That would ruin the new coat, and the cloth from the new coat would not be the same as the old cloth.