Matthew 9:17

New International Reader's Version

People don’t pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst. The wine will run out, and the wineskins will be destroyed. No, people pour new wine into new wineskins. Then both are saved.”

Cross References

Job 32:19

Inside I’m like wine that is bottled up. I’m like new wineskins ready to burst.

Psalm 119:83

I’m as useless as a wineskin that smoke has dried up. But I don’t forget to follow your orders.

Matthew 9:16

“People don’t sew a patch of new cloth on old clothes. The new piece will pull away from the old. That will make the tear worse.

Matthew 9:18

While Jesus was saying this, a synagogue leader came. He got down on his knees in front of Jesus. He said, “My daughter has just died. But come and place your hand on her. Then she will live again.”

Mark 2:22

No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins. Then the wine and the wineskins will both be destroyed. No, people pour new wine into new wineskins.”

Luke 5:37

No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins. The wine will run out, and the wineskins will be destroyed.

Luke 5:38

No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

Joshua 9:4

So they decided to trick the Israelites. They packed supplies as if they were going on a long trip. They loaded their donkeys with old sacks and old wineskins. The wineskins were cracked but had been mended.