Matthew 9:16
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.
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- Gen 33:14 : 14 Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
- Ps 125:3 : 3 Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.
- Isa 40:11 : 11 Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
- John 16:12 : 12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
- 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 Immaturity and Self-deception So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,
- 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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- Mark 2:18-225 verses95%
18The Superiority of the New Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said,“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”
19Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.
20But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.
21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.
22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
- Luke 5:34-396 verses93%
34So Jesus said to them,“You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?
35But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast.”
36He also told them a parable:“No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
38Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
39No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says,‘The old is good enough.’”
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17And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved.”
- Matt 9:14-152 verses76%
14The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
15Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.
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13These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.”
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52Then he said to them,“Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”
- Deut 22:11-122 verses70%
11You must not wear clothing made with wool and linen meshed together.
12You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear.
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11But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
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33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
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16Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.
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16The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
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6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
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10and said to him,“Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!”
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9and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics.
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39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?
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62Jesus said to him,“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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29But he said,‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it.
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30and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.
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33For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say,‘He has a demon!’
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15People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
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5They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard.
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19Lasting Treasure“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
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23Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained.(Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)
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18and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
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2Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people, and new wine only deceives them.
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29I tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
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9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
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14Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
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29How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.
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56But if the priest has examined it and the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof.
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27But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
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13When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.
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10The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”
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15“Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine– you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their naked bodies.
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16“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,
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3He said to them,“Take nothing for your journey– no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.
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17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?
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48When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.
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7The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.