16No 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.


In Context

13 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.|

14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, |Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?|

15 Jesus said to them, |Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16 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.

17 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.|

18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, |My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.|

Matthew 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16No 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16But no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for its filling up takes from the garment and a worse rent takes place.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16No 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16'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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16No 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.