Luke 5:37
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Luke 5:37 in other translations
| BSB | And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. |
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| WEB | No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled and the skins will be destroyed. |
| ASV | And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish. |
| YLT | ‘And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; |
| DARBY | And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; |
| BBE | And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction. |
| Webster | And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles will perish. |
What does Luke 5:37 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 5:27-39
It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was made so effectual. It was a wonder of his grace, that he came to call sinners to repentance, and to assure them of pardon. It was a wonder of his grace, that he so patiently bore the contradiction of sinners against himself and his disciples. It was a wonder of his grace…
Luke 5:37 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 5:37
- Psalms 119:83
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
- Joshua 9:13
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
- Joshua 9:4
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
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Context
- Luke 5:36
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
- Luke 5:37
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
- Luke 5:38
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Luke 5:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y nadie echa vino nuevo en cueros viejos; de otra manera el vino nuevo romperá los cueros, y el vino se derramará, y los cueros se perderán. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et personne ne met du vin nouveau dans de vieilles outres; autrement le vin nouveau rompra les outres, et il se répandra, et les outres seront perdues; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und niemand tut neuen Wein in alte Schläuche; sonst wird der neue Wein die Schläuche zerreißen, und er selbst wird verschüttet werden, und die Schläuche werden verderben; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et nemo mittit vinum novum in utres veteres: alioquin rumpet vinum novum utres, et ipsum effundetur, et utres peribunt: |