Mark 2:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.””
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“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. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not--the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Mark 2:22 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 9:4acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
- Joshua 9:13These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
- Job 32:19Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
- Psalms 119:80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
- Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
- Matthew 9:17Neither 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.”
- Luke 5:37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
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