Berean Standard Bible
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.”
When people ask why Jesus' disciples do not fast like John's and the Pharisees' disciples, Jesus answers with images. He compares himself to a bridegroom whose presence makes fasting unfitting, and then he gives two short parables.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
World English Bible (WEB)
No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.
King James Version (KJV)
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
American Standard Version (ASV)
No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment: else that which should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
'And no one a patch of undressed cloth does sew on an old garment, and if not -- the new filling it up does take from the old and the rent does become worse;
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Nadie echa remiendo de paño recio en vestido viejo; de otra manera el mismo remiendo nuevo tira del viejo, y la rotura se hace peor.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Nadie remienda un vestido viejo con una tela nueva, porque el parche se encoge y rompe el vestido, y la rotura que queda es mayor que la anterior.
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