Garment Patch

The Parables of Jesus

4. Garment Patch Last Revised: 5/14/00
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9:16

oujdei;" de; ejpibavllei ejpivblhma rJavkou" ajgnavfou ejpi; iJmativw/ palaiw^.ai[rei ga;r to; plhvrwma aujtou' ajpo; tou' iJmativou kai; cei'ron scivsma givnetai.

And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.

2:21

oujdei;" ejpivblhma rJavkou" ajgnavfou ejpiravptei ejpi; iJmavtion palaiovn^. eij de; mhv, ai[rei to; plhvrwma ajpÅ aujtou' to; kaino;n tou' palaiou' kai; cei'ron scivsma givnetai.

No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.

5:36

#Elegen de; kai; parabolh;n pro;" aujtou;" o&ti Oujdei;" ejpivblhma ajpo; iJmativou kainou' scivsa" ejpibavllei ejpi; iJmavtion palaiovn^. eij de; mhv ge, kai; to; kaino;n scivsei kai; tw'/ palaiw'/ ouj sumfwnhvsei to; ejpivblhma to; ajpo; tou' kainou'.

He told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it upon an old garment; if he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.