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Mark 2:21 KJV
Mark · chapter 2 · verse 21
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.Mark 2:21 · King James Version
Mark 2:21 in context
19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21No 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.
22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
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Key words (Strong's)
- garmenthimationa garment , garmentsG2440 →
- sewethepiraptōto sew upon, sew toG1976 →
- pieceepiblēmathat which is thrown or put upon a thing, or that which is added to it, an addition, that…G1915 →
- clothrhakosa piece torn off, a bit of cloth, clothG4470 →
- piecekainosnew, as respects form, recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn, as respects…G2537 →
- elseei de mē (ge)otherwise, but if notG1490 →
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Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting, which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-28