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Parables: New Cloth and Wineskins

Jesus uses cloth and wineskins to explain the newness of his ministry.

New Cloth and Wineskins 3 of 4 Gospel account(s) Appears in Matthew, Mark, Luke.
Matthew

Matthew 9:16-17

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Matthew sets the saying in a question about fasting.

16 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

Mark

Mark 2:21-22

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Mark pairs cloth and wineskins in the fasting controversy.

21 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.

22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins."

Luke

Luke 5:36-39

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Luke includes the old wine saying at the end.

36 He told them this parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, 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 run out and the wineskins will be ruined.

38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is better.' "

John

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