Religious Patchwork
Matthew 9:16
No man puts a piece of new cloth to an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment…


It is wrong —

I. IN RITUAL.

II. IN THEOLOGY.

III. IS HUMAN CHARACTER.

1. Disfigurement — "agreeth not."

2. Injury "the rent is made worse."

(U. R. Thomas.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.




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