Matthew 9:16
American King James Version (AKJV)
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, and the rent is made worse.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
For no one would sew a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. For it pulls its fullness away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.
Darby Bible (DBY)
But no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for its filling up takes from the garment and a worse rent takes place.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fullness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
No one puts a new patch on old clothes, otherwise it will shrink and make the tear worse.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made.
King James Version (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.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
And 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.
Webster Bible (Webster)
No man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment: for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
World English Bible (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.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.