The Patches and the Wineskins

(Matthew 9:16–17, Mark 2:21–22)

36 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.

37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, [the wine] will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old [wine ] wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”