Luke 5:36 
Context| NET © | He also told them a parable: 1 “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews 2 it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn 3 the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 4 |
| NIV © | He told them this parable: "No-one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. |
| NASB © | And He was also telling them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. |
| NLT © | Then Jesus gave them this illustration: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and uses it to patch an old garment. For then the new garment would be torn, and the patch wouldn’t even match the old garment. |
| MSG © | "No one cuts up a fine silk scarf to patch old work clothes; you want fabrics that match. |
| BBE © | And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old. |
| NRSV © | He also told them a parable: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it on an old garment; otherwise the new will be torn, and the piece from the new will not match the old. |
| NKJV © | Then He spoke a parable to them: "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. |
| KJV | And <1161> also <2532> a parable <3850> unto <4314> them <846>_; <3754> No man <3762> a piece <1915> of a new <2537> garment <2440> upon <1909> if otherwise, then <1490> both <2532> the new <2537> and <2532> the piece <1915> that was [taken] out of <575> the new <2537> not <3756> with the old <3820>_. |
| NASB © | And He was also <2532> telling <3004> them a parable <3850> : <3762> one <3762> tears <4977> a piece <1915> of cloth <1915> from a new <2537> garment <2440> and puts <1911> it on an old <3820> garment <2440> ; otherwise <1490> he will both <2532> tear <4977> the new <2537> , and the piece <1915> from the new <2537> will not match <4856> the old .<3820> |
| GREEK | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | He <3004> also <2532> told <3004> them <846> a parable <3850> : “No one <3762> tears <4977> a patch <1915> from <575> a <2440> new <2537> garment <2440> and sews <1911> it on <1909> an old <3820> garment <2440> . If <1487> he does, he will have torn <4977> the new <2537> , and <2532> the piece <1915> from <575> the new <2537> will not match <4856> the <3588> old .<3820> |
| NET © | He also told them a parable: 1 “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews 2 it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn 3 the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn The term parable in a Semitic context can cover anything from a long story to a brief wisdom saying. Here it is the latter. 2 tn Grk “puts”; but since the means of attachment would normally be sewing, the translation “sews” has been used. 3 tn Grk “he tears.” The point is that the new garment will be ruined to repair an older, less valuable one. 4 sn The piece from the new will not match the old. The imagery in this saying looks at the fact that what Jesus brings is so new that it cannot simply be combined with the old. To do so would be to destroy what is new and to put together something that does not fit. |
