Mark 2:21

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. And if otherwise, the filling up pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear happens.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Mark 2

¹⁹ Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.

²⁰ But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

²¹ No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

²² And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

²³ One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

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