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The Patches and the Wineskins

Mark 2:22

In 9 translations

BSB
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”Tischendorf does not include Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
KJV
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
WEB
No one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins.”
ASV
And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins.
LSV
and no one puts new wine into old skins, and if not—the new wine bursts the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins.”
YLT
and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not — the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.'
DBY
And no one puts new wine into old skins; otherwise the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins.
DRC
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles.
GNV
Likewise, no man putteth newe wine into old vessels: for els the new wine breaketh the vessels, and the wine runneth out, and the vessels are lost: but newe wine must be put into new vessels.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ῥήξει (“will burst”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ῥήσσει (“bursts”).
  • NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀπόλλυται (“is destroyed”); Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐκχεῖται (“is poured out”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ νέος (“the new”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀπολοῦνται (“will perish”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • Spelling of ἀλλ᾽: NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: ἀλλὰ.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include βλητέον.¶ (“must be put”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ῥήξει ὁ οἶνος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ῥήξει ὁ οἶνος; Robinson–Pierpont read ῥήσσει ὁ οἶνος ὁ νέος.
  • SBLGNT: ἀπόλλυται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοί. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπόλλυται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοί; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐκχεῖται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται.
  • SBLGNT: καινούς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καινούς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add βλητέον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ μή, ῥήξει ὁ οἶνος τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἀπόλλυται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοί. ἀλλὰ οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινούς.
RP2018
Καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ μή, ῥήσσει ὁ οἶνος ὁ νέος τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἐκχεῖται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται· ἀλλὰ οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς βλητέον.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ μή, ῥήσσει ὁ οἶνος ὁ νέος τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἐκχεῖται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται· ἀλλὰ οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς βλητέον.
SCR1894
και ουδεις βαλλει οινον νεον εις ασκους παλαιους ει δε μη ρησσει ο οινος ο νεος τους ασκους και ο οινος εκχειται και οι ασκοι απολουνται αλλα οινον νεον εις ασκους καινους βλητεον

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◆ Parable of the Winseskins

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 9:17Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
  • Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
  • Luke 5:37–38And 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. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
  • Joshua 9:4acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
  • Joshua 9:13These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
  • Job 32:19Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
  • Psalms 119:80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

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