Matthew 9:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Neither 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.””
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“Neither 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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not--the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 9:17 — 3 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.
- Job 32:19Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
- Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
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