Luke 5:37 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.”
Luke 5:37 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 5:37 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 5:37 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled and the skins will be destroyed.”
Luke 5:37 — World English Bible
Luke 5:37 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish. ”
Luke 5:37 — American Standard Version
Luke 5:37 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;”
Luke 5:37 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 5:37 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; ”
Luke 5:37 — Darby Translation
Luke 5:37 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also no man powreth newe wine into olde vessels: for then ye new wine wil breake the vessels, and it will runne out, and the vessels will perish:”
Luke 5:37 — Geneva Bible
Luke 5:37 in Context — Luke 5
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
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What Does Luke 5:37 Mean?
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