Luke 5:36-39 (King James Version)

36 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.

37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

Luke 5:36-39 (New International Version)

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.' "

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Luke 5:36-39 (SDA Clear Word Bible)

36 The He shared with them some lessons from life. "Nobody mends an old rotting garment with new patches of cloth, because the old garment won't be able to stand the strain and will soon tear again. Everyone knows that a new patch is stronger than an old garment.

37 Nobody puts fresh grape juice into a dried-out leather bottle, because the old bottle isn't flexible and will split wide open. The the grape juice will be lost, and the bottle will be useless.

38. But fresh juice needs to be put into flexible new leather bottles. Then the juice and the bottles will both be preserved.

39 It's also true that people accustomed to drinking their old wine don't suddenly take to new wine. At first they're skeptical and insist that their old wine tastes better, but afterward they change their minds."

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