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Matthew 9:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 16 Nobody sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old outer garment, for the new piece pulls away from the garment and the tear becomes worse.+

Matthew 9:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 Nobody sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old outer garment, for the new piece pulls away from the garment and the tear becomes worse.+

Matthew 9:16

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 16 οὐθεὶς Nobody δὲ but ἐπιβάλλει puts upon ἐπίβλημα patch ῥάκους of cloth ἀγνάφου unshrunk ἐπὶ upon ἱματίῳ outer garment παλαιῷ· old; αἴρει is lifting up γὰρ for τὸ the πλήρωμα fullness αὐτοῦ of it ἀπὸ from τοῦ the ἱματίου, outer garment, καὶ and χεῖρον worse σχίσμα tear γίνεται. becomes.

Matthew 9:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 Nobody sews a patch of unshrunk cloth upon an old outer garment; for its full strength would pull from the outer garment and the tear would become worse.+

Matthew 9:16

The Bible in Living English
- 16 But nobody puts a patch of unfulled cloth on an old cloak; for the filler takes away some from the cloak, and a worse hole is made.

Matthew 9:16

The Emphasized Bible
- 16 Howbeit no one layeth on a patch of unshrunk cloth upon an old garment,—for the shrinking of it teareth away from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

Matthew 9:16

King James Version
- 16 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.