May it please my lord to go before his servant. And I will follow gradually in his steps, as much as I see my little ones to be able, until I arrive to my lord in Seir."
Matthew 9:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version For no one would sew a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. For it pulls its fullness away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And no one puts a piece of cloth that has not been shrunk on an old garment, for such a patch tears away from the garment and a worse rent (tear) is made. American Standard Version (1901) And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made. Common English Bible “No one sews a piece of new, unshrunk cloth on old clothes because the patch tears away the cloth and makes a worse tear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fullness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent. English Standard Version 2016 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. |
May it please my lord to go before his servant. And I will follow gradually in his steps, as much as I see my little ones to be able, until I arrive to my lord in Seir."
He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.
And Jesus said to them: "How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast.
Neither do they pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wineskins rupture, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are destroyed. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins. And so, both are preserved."
No one sews a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. Otherwise, the new addition pulls away from the old, and the tear becomes worse.
Then he also made a comparison for them: "For no one sews a patch from a new garment onto an old garment. Otherwise, he both disrupts the new one, and the patch from the new one does not join together with the old one.
I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.
But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.
For the ministration of this office not only supplies whatever the saints need, but also abounds through many thanksgivings in the Lord.