"And no oneputsnewwineinto oldwineskins;otherwisethe newwinewill burstthe skinsand it will be spilledout, and the skinswill be ruined.
ThoughI have becomelike a wineskinin the smoke,I do not forgetYour statutes.
"Nordo [people] putnewwineinto oldwineskins;otherwisethe wineskinsburst,and the winepoursout and the wineskinsare ruined;but they putnewwineinto freshwineskins,and bothare preserved."
And He was alsotellingthem a parable:"No onetearsa pieceof clothfrom a newgarmentand putsit on an oldgarment;otherwisehe will bothtearthe new,and the piecefrom the newwill not matchthe old.
"But newwinemust be putinto freshwineskins.
"Thesewineskinswhichwe filledwere new,and behold,they are torn;and theseour clothesand our sandalsare wornout becauseof the verylongjourney."
they alsoactedcraftilyand setout as envoys,and tookworn-outsackson their donkeys,and wineskinsworn-outand tornand mended,