15 And Jesus said to them, “Can (A)the [a]friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and (B)then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for [b]the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins [c]break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:15 Lit. sons of the bridechamber
  2. Matthew 9:16 Lit. that which is put on
  3. Matthew 9:17 burst

15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them?(A) The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.(B)

16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

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