For I will not accuse you for ever, and I will not always be angry; for then the spirit would grow weak before me, even the breath, which I have made.
Mark 2:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No one sews a patch of unshrunken (new) goods on an old garment; if he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and the rent (tear) becomes bigger and worse [than it was before]. American Standard Version (1901) No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment: else that which should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. Common English Bible “No one sews a piece of new, unshrunk cloth on old clothes; otherwise, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and makes a worse tear. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent. |
For I will not accuse you for ever, and I will not always be angry; for then the spirit would grow weak before me, even the breath, which I have made.
No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.
But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins.’
He also told them a parable: ‘No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.
No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to bear it.