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No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.
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A New Reality, Not a Patch
Commentators explain that this parable is not just about sewing. Jesus is teaching that the new life He brings—the Gospel—is not a mere update or patch for the old religious system of Judaism. It's something entirely new and distinct. Trying to force the newness of Christ into old, rigid religious forms will only cause damage, like a new cloth tearing an old garment.
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Seweth on (επιραπτε). Here only in the N.T. or elsewhere, though the uncompounded verb ραπτω (to sew) is common enough,
19th Century
Anglican
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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Presbyterian
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