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Luke 5:38

New life and rebirth

36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.

Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.

39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

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BSB
Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
KJV
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
WEB
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
ASV
But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins.
DARBY
but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.
BLB
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
ÅB
men ny vin skal fylles i nye skinnsekker.
OTB
I stedet må ny vin helles i nye skinnsekker.
B1930
men ny vin skal fylles i nye skinnsekker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 8:8–13

    But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:17

    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

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  • Ezekiel 36:26

    I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

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  • Revelation 21:5

    And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”

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  • Galatians 5:1–6

    It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

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  • Galatians 4:9–11

    But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

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  • 1 Timothy 4:8

    For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

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  • Hebrews 13:9–10

    Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

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