Luke 5:36

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was [taken] out of the new agreeth not with the old.

BSB

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.

WEB

He also told a parable to them. “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.

YLT

And he spake also a simile unto them—‘No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that is from the new.

F.O.G Original

(36) Now, He also was telling them a riddle that, “Nobody tears a cloth-patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment, otherwise both will tear the new and the cloth-patch from the new won’t match the old.”

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

³⁶He also told them this parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new won’t match the old.

Footnotes:

³⁶ʰ New wine and old wineskins: New wine continues to ferment and expand. Old, brittle wineskins would burst under the pressure, while new, flexible ones could stretch. Jesus is teaching that His new message requires new approaches, not just patches on old religious systems.