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Matthew 9:16

14 At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

15 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

18 While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

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BSB
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
KJV
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.
WEB
No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
ASV
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.
DARBY
But no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for its filling up takes from the garment and a worse rent takes place.
BLB
But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the filling up of it pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear happens.
ÅB
Ingen setter en lapp av ukrympet tøy på et gamelt klesplagg, for da river lappen med seg et stykke av klesplagget og gjør riften verre.
OTB
"Ingen lapper et gammelt plagg med ubehandlet tøy, for lappen vil rive seg løs fra plagget og gjøre riften verre.
B1930
Ingen setter en lapp av ukrympet tøi på et gammelt klædebon; for lappen river med sig et stykke av klædebonet, og riften blir verre.

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