Matthew 9:15-17

Living Bible

¹⁵ “Should the bridegroom’s friends mourn and go without food while he is with them?” Jesus asked. “But the time is coming when I^[a] will be taken from them. Time enough then for them to refuse to eat.

¹⁶ “And who would patch an old garment with unshrunk cloth? For the patch would tear away and make the hole worse. ¹⁷ And who would use old wineskins^[b] to store new wine? For the old skins would burst with the pressure, and the wine would be spilled and skins ruined. Only new wineskins are used to store new wine. That way both are preserved.”