39And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is better.' "


In Context

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.' "

Luke 5:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:39No man also having drunk old [wine] straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:39And no man drinking old, hath presently a mind to new: for he saith, The old is better.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:39And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:39And no one having drunk old wine straightway wishes for new, for he says, The old is better.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:39And no man having drunk old wine desireth new: for he saith, The old is good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:39No man also having drank old wine, immediately desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:39No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:39and no one having drunk old wine, doth immediately wish new, for he saith, The old is better.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:39No man also having drunk old wine straightway desires new: for he said, The old is better.