Mark 2:21

New American Bible - revised edition

No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse.

Cross References

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not accuse forever, nor always be angry; For without me their spirit fails, the life breath that I have given.

Matthew 9:16

No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.

Mark 2:20

But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.

Mark 2:22

Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.” The Disciples and the Sabbath.

Luke 5:36

And he also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No trial has come to you but what is human. God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it. Warning Against Idolatry.