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For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before. <a href="/esv/matthew/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. <a href="/bsb/matthew/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result. <a href="/blb/matthew/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on old clothing, for the filling up of it tears away from the garment, and a worse tear emerges. <a href="/kjv/matthew/9.htm">King James Bible</a> No 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. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/9.htm">New King James Version</a> No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. <a href="/nasb_/matthew/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. <a href="/nasb/matthew/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. <a href="/lsb/matthew/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. <a href="/amp/matthew/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But no one puts a piece of unshrunk (new) cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. <a href="/csb/matthew/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse. <a href="/asv/matthew/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made. <a href="/cev/matthew/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> No one uses a new piece of cloth to patch old clothes. The patch would shrink and tear a bigger hole. <a href="/erv/matthew/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made. <a href="/gwt/matthew/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "No one patches an old coat with a new piece of cloth that will shrink. When the patch shrinks, it will rip away from the coat, and the tear will become worse. <a href="/gnt/matthew/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> "No one patches up an old coat with a piece of new cloth, for the new patch will shrink and make an even bigger hole in the coat. <a href="/isv/matthew/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> "No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. <a href="/msb/matthew/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result. <a href="/net/matthew/9.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/matthew/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. <a href="/wbt/matthew/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> No man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment: for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. <a href="/wey/matthew/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made. <a href="/web/matthew/9.htm">World English Bible</a> No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And no one puts a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up takes from the garment, and a worse split is made. <a href="/blb/matthew/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on old clothing, for the filling up of it tears away from the garment, and a worse tear emerges. <a href="/ylt/matthew/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made. <a href="/slt/matthew/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And no one puts on a cover of uncombed fragment upon an old garment, for its filling takes away from the garment, and the division is Worse.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fullness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For no one would sew a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. For it pulls its fullness away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. <a href="/nabre/matthew/9.htm">New American Bible</a> No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> No man puts a new patch on an old garment, so as not to weaken that garment, and make the hole larger. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “No man places a new patch of cloth on an old coat, lest its fulness tears from that coat, and the rip would be greater.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> No one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up, takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made. <a href="/godbey/matthew/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>But no one puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment; for it takes its fullness from the garment, and the rent is made worse.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But no man ingrafts a patch of undressed cloth into an old garment, for the piece supplied taketh from the garment, and the rent becomes worse. <a href="/mace/matthew/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a> new cloth is never patch'd upon an old garment: for the patch will draw the garment, and rend it still worse. <a href="/wey/matthew/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made. <a href="/worrell/matthew/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>"And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse rent is made."<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>As no one putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment; for its <Fr>new<FR> patch teareth away from the <Fr>old<FR> garment, and the rent is made worse:<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/9-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=2189" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/9.htm">The Patches and the Wineskins</a> 15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. 16<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3762.htm" title="3762: Oudeis (Adj-NMS) -- No one, none, nothing. ">No one</a> <a href="/greek/1911.htm" title="1911: epiballei (V-PIA-3S) -- From epi and ballo; to throw upon; specially to reflect; impersonally, to belong to.">sews</a> <a href="/greek/1915.htm" title="1915: epiblēma (N-ANS) -- A patch on a garment. From epiballo; a patch.">a patch</a> <a href="/greek/46.htm" title="46: agnaphou (Adj-GNS) -- Unshrunken, new. Properly, unfulled, i.e. new.">of unshrunk</a> <a href="/greek/4470.htm" title="4470: rhakous (N-GNS) -- A piece of cloth, a remnant torn off. From rhegnumi; a rag, i.e. Piece of cloth.">cloth</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">on</a> <a href="/greek/3820.htm" title="3820: palaiō (Adj-DNS) -- Old, ancient, not new or recent. From palai; antique, i.e. Not recent, worn out.">an old</a> <a href="/greek/2440.htm" title="2440: himatiō (N-DNS) -- A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress.">garment.</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4138.htm" title="4138: plērōma (N-ANS) -- From pleroo; repletion or completion, i.e. what fills, or what is filled.">patch</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GN3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: airei (V-PIA-3S) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">will pull away</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2440.htm" title="2440: himatiou (N-GNS) -- A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress.">garment,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5501.htm" title="5501: cheiron (Adj-NNS-C) -- Worse, more severe. Irregular comparative of kakos; from an obsolete equivalent cheres; more evil or aggravated.">a worse</a> <a href="/greek/4978.htm" title="4978: schisma (N-NNS) -- A rent, as in a garment; a division, dissention. From schizo; a split or gap, literally or figuratively.">tear</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: ginetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">will result.</a> 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Mark 2:21</a> No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result. <a href="/luke/5-36.htm">Luke 5:36</a> He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old. <a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Romans 7:6</a> But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a> It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. <a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Hebrews 8:13</a> By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. <a href="/colossians/2-14.htm">Colossians 2:14</a> having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a> to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; / to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; / and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. <a href="/john/1-17.htm">John 1:17</a> For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24-25</a> So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. / Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. <a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">Isaiah 43:18-19</a> “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. / Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert. <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a> Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ... <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a> I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. <a href="/isaiah/42-9.htm">Isaiah 42:9</a> Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.” <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17</a> For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>No man puts a piece of new cloth to an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment, and the rent is made worse.new cloth.<a href="/genesis/33-14.htm">Genesis 33:14</a> Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.<a href="/psalms/125-3.htm">Psalm 125:3</a> For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.<a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a> He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/5-40.htm">Cloak</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Cloth</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-13.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Filling</a> <a href="/matthew/5-40.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-11.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Making</a> <a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Mends</a> <a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">New</a> <a href="/matthew/2-2.htm">Newly</a> <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Otherwise</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-19.htm">Patch</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Piece</a> <a href="/matthew/7-4.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/matthew/5-32.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/luke/5-36.htm">Sews</a> <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Undressed</a> <a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Unshrunk</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-15.htm">Worse</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Woven</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Cloak</a> <a href="/matthew/27-59.htm">Cloth</a> <a href="/matthew/15-33.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/matthew/14-20.htm">Filling</a> <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/matthew/12-11.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/matthew/9-23.htm">Making</a> <a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Mends</a> <a href="/matthew/9-17.htm">New</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">Newly</a> <a href="/matthew/9-17.htm">Otherwise</a> <a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Patch</a> <a href="/matthew/13-44.htm">Piece</a> <a href="/matthew/13-28.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/matthew/13-37.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/matthew/24-32.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Sews</a> <a href="/matthew/18-9.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Undressed</a> <a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Unshrunk</a> <a href="/matthew/12-45.htm">Worse</a> <a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Woven</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 9</div>1. <a href="/matthew/9-1.htm">Jesus heals a paralytic</a> 9. <a href="/matthew/9-9.htm">calls Matthew from the receipt of custom;</a> 10. <a href="/matthew/9-10.htm">eats with tax collectors and sinners;</a> 14. <a href="/matthew/9-14.htm">defends his disciples for not fasting;</a> 20. <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">cures the sick woman;</a> 23. <a href="/matthew/9-23.htm">raises Jairus' daughter from death;</a> 27. <a href="/matthew/9-27.htm">gives sight to two blind men;</a> 32. <a href="/matthew/9-32.htm">heals a mute man possessed of a demon;</a> 36. <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">and has compassion on the multitude.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. This phrase uses a metaphor from everyday life in ancient times, where clothing was a valuable commodity. In the cultural context, garments were often repaired rather than replaced. The unshrunk cloth represents something new and untested, while the old garment symbolizes the established traditions and practices of Judaism. This imagery highlights the incompatibility of Jesus' new teachings with the old religious system. The metaphor suggests that attempting to integrate the new covenant of grace with the old covenant of law would be ineffective and damaging.For the patch will pull away from the garment, The pulling away of the patch signifies the tension and eventual separation that occurs when trying to combine the new with the old. This can be seen as a foreshadowing of the eventual division between Christianity and traditional Judaism. The new teachings of Jesus, which emphasize internal transformation and spiritual renewal, cannot be contained within the rigid structures of the old religious practices. This separation is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Hebrews 8:13</a>, which speaks of the old covenant becoming obsolete.and a worse tear will result. The worse tear represents the potential damage caused by trying to forcefully merge incompatible systems. Historically, this can be seen in the conflicts between early Christians and Jewish authorities, as well as the internal struggles within the early church to define its identity apart from Jewish customs. Theologically, it underscores the necessity of embracing the new covenant fully, rather than attempting to patch it onto the old. This concept is further illustrated in <a href="/galatians/5-4.htm">Galatians 5:4</a>, where Paul warns against mixing law and grace, emphasizing that doing so can lead to falling away from grace.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this parable, Jesus uses this metaphor to teach about the incompatibility of old and new covenants. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples_of_john_the_baptist.htm">Disciples of John the Baptist</a> Earlier in the chapter, they question Jesus about fasting, prompting this teaching. 3. <a href="/topical/p/pharisees.htm">Pharisees</a> Religious leaders who often challenged Jesus' teachings and practices, representing the old religious system. 4. <a href="/topical/o/old_garment.htm">Old Garment</a> Symbolizes the old covenant or traditional Jewish practices. 5. <a href="/topical/u/unshrunk_cloth.htm">Unshrunk Cloth</a> Represents the new covenant or the new teachings of Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/i/incompatibility_of_old_and_new.htm">Incompatibility of Old and New</a> Jesus' teaching highlights the incompatibility between the old covenant and the new covenant. Just as a new patch cannot be sewn onto an old garment without causing damage, the new life in Christ cannot be contained within the old legalistic framework. <a href="/topical/t/transformation_in_christ.htm">Transformation in Christ</a> Believers are called to embrace the new life in Christ fully. This involves a transformation that cannot be mixed with old, legalistic practices or mindsets. <a href="/topical/r/renewal_and_growth.htm">Renewal and Growth</a> The Christian life is about continual renewal and growth. Just as new wine requires new wineskins, our spiritual growth requires a new mindset and heart. <a href="/topical/a/avoiding_legalism.htm">Avoiding Legalism</a> This passage warns against the dangers of legalism and the importance of embracing the grace and freedom found in Christ. <a href="/topical/p/practical_application.htm">Practical Application</a> Evaluate areas in your life where you might be trying to mix old habits or beliefs with your new life in Christ. Seek God's guidance to fully embrace the newness He offers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 9</a> <a href="/q/which_parables_did_jesus_teach.htm">What parables did Jesus teach in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/did_herod_see_jesus_as_john_the_baptist.htm">Did Herod think that Jesus was John the Baptist? Yes (Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:16) No (Luke 9:9)</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_luke_16_18_with_matt_19_9.htm">How can Luke 16:18's stark prohibition on divorce be reconciled with other scriptures (e.g., Matthew 19:9) that appear more nuanced on the issue?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jesus_say_not_to_call_anyone_'father'.htm">Why does Jesus tell people not to call anyone 'father' (Matthew 23:9), yet the Bible refers to Abraham as 'our father' (Romans 4:16)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) No man putteth a piece of new cloth.--There is a closer connection between the three similitudes than at first sight appears. The wedding-feast suggested the idea of the wedding-garment, and of the wine which belonged to its joy. We may even go a step further, and believe that the very dress of those who sat at meat in Matthew's house, coming as they did from the lower and less decently-habited classes, made the illustration all the more palpable and vivid. How could those worn garments be made meet for wedding-guests? Would it be enough to sew on a patch of new cloth where the old was wearing into holes? Not so He answers here; not so He answers again when He implicitly makes the king who gives the feast the giver also of the garment (<a href="/matthew/22-2.htm" title="The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,">Matthew 22:2</a>);New cloth--i.e., cloth that has not passed through the fuller's hands--new and undressed, in its freshest and strongest state. Such a patch sewn upon a weak part of the old cloak would, on the first strain, tear the cloth near it.The rent is made worse.--Better, there comes a worse rent. St. Luke adds another reason, "the piece put in agrees not with the old."The meaning of the parable in its direct application lies very near the surface. The "garment" is that which is outward, the life and conversation of the man, which show his character. The old garment is the common life of sinful men, such as Matthew and his guests; the new garment is the life of holiness, the religious life in its completeness; fasting, as one element of that life, is the patch of new cloth which agrees not with the old, and leads to a greater evil, a "worse rent" in the life than before. No one would so deal with the literal garment. Yet this was what the Pharisees and the disciples of John were wishing to do with the half-converted publicans. This, we may add, is what the Church of Christ has too often done in her work as the converter of the nations. Sacramental ordinances or monastic vows, or Puritan formulae, or Quaker conventionalities, have been engrafted on lives that were radically barbarous, or heathen, or worldly, and the contrast has been glaring, and the "rent" made worse. The more excellent way, which our Lord pursued, and which it is our wisdom to pursue, is to take the old garment, and to transform it, as by a renewing power from within, thread by thread, till old things are passed away, and all things are become new.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - No man; and no man (Revised Version); οὐδεὶς δέ. "And" is slightly adversative. They will indeed fast then, yet fasting does not belong to the essence of my teaching. To insist on fasting would only be right if my teaching came merely into mechanical connexion with the religion of the day. But this is not the case. (1) Treated as an addition, it injures the religion of the day (ver. 16). (2) Treated as something to be accepted by all Jews, regardless of their moral fitness for it, it is itself wasted, and also ruins those who so accept it (ver. 17). The verses thus (1) answer the disciples of John the Baptist, that fasting must not be made compulsory for Christ's disciples; and . . . <a href="/commentaries/matthew/9-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>No one Οὐδεὶς (Oudeis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3762.htm">Strong's 3762: </a> No one, none, nothing. sews ἐπιβάλλει (epiballei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1911.htm">Strong's 1911: </a> From epi and ballo; to throw upon; specially to reflect; impersonally, to belong to. a patch ἐπίβλημα (epiblēma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1915.htm">Strong's 1915: </a> A patch on a garment. From epiballo; a patch. of unshrunk ἀγνάφου (agnaphou) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_46.htm">Strong's 46: </a> Unshrunken, new. Properly, unfulled, i.e. new. cloth ῥάκους (rhakous) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4470.htm">Strong's 4470: </a> A piece of cloth, a remnant torn off. From rhegnumi; a 'rag, ' i.e. Piece of cloth. on ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. an old παλαιῷ (palaiō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> Old, ancient, not new or recent. From palai; antique, i.e. Not recent, worn out. garment. ἱματίῳ (himatiō) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2440.htm">Strong's 2440: </a> A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress. For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. patch πλήρωμα (plērōma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4138.htm">Strong's 4138: </a> From pleroo; repletion or completion, i.e. what fills, or what is filled. will pull away αἴρει (airei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. garment, ἱματίου (himatiou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2440.htm">Strong's 2440: </a> A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. a worse χεῖρον (cheiron) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative <a href="/greek/strongs_5501.htm">Strong's 5501: </a> Worse, more severe. Irregular comparative of kakos; from an obsolete equivalent cheres; more evil or aggravated. tear σχίσμα (schisma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4978.htm">Strong's 4978: </a> A rent, as in a garment; a division, dissention. From schizo; a split or gap, literally or figuratively. will result. γίνεται (ginetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/matthew/9-16.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk (Matt. 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