Mark 2:21 — Bible Verse (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.”
Mark 2:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Mark 2:21 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Mark 2:21 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Mark 2:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Mark 2:21 — World English Bible
Mark 2:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Mark 2:21 — American Standard Version
Mark 2:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not--the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;”
Mark 2:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Mark 2:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment: otherwise its new filling-up takes from the old [stuff], and there is a worse rent. ”
Mark 2:21 — Darby Translation
Mark 2:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also no man soweth a piece of newe cloth in an olde garment: for els the newe piece that filled it vp, taketh away somewhat from the olde, and the breach is worse.”
Mark 2:21 — Geneva Bible
Mark 2:21 in Context — Mark 2
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21 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.
22 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.
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
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What Does Mark 2:21 Mean?
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