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Matthew 9:17 KJV
Matthew · chapter 9 · verse 17 · King James Version
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.Matthew 9:17 · King James Version
Matthew 9:17 in context
15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
16No 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.
17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
19And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
Key words (Strong's)
- bottlesaskosa leathern bag or bottle, in which water or wine was keptG779 →
- perishapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
- breakrhēgnymito rend, burst or break asunder, break up, break through, to tear in pieces, to break…G4486 →
- wineoinoswine, metaph. fiery wine of God's wrathG3631 →
- elseei de mē (ge)otherwise, but if notG1490 →
- putballōto throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls, to scatter, to throw, cast…G906 →
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