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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 9, Verse 17

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‹No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.›
King James Version
‹Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.›
American Standard Version
Neither do [men] put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved.
New English Translation
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved.”
World English Bible
Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
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While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
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And Jesus arose, and followed him, and [so did] his disciples.
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And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him], and touched the hem of his garment:
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For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
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But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, ‹Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.› And the woman was made whole from that hour.
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And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
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He said unto them, ‹Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.› And they laughed him to scorn.
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But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
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And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
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And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.