Luke 5 · Verse 38

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Luke 5:38, King James Version

Luke 5:38 in other translations

BSBInstead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
WEBBut new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
ASVBut new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins.
YLTbut new wine into new skins is to be put, and both are preserved together;
DARBYbut new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.
BBEBut new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.
WebsterBut new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved.

What does Luke 5:38 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 38. No entry from BARNES for this verse.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · 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…

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Luke 5:38 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἀλλ᾽all᾽ButG235
οἶνονoinonwineG3631
νέονneonnewG3501
εἰςeisintoG1519
ἀσκοὺςaskouswineskinsG779
καινοὺςkainousfreshG2537
βλητέονblēteonmust be putG992
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀμφότεροιamphoteroibothG297
συντηροῦνται.suntērountaiare preserved.G4933

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Cross references for Luke 5:38

  • Hebrews 8:8-13

    For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. …

  • 2 Corinthians 5:17

    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

  • Ezekiel 36:26

    A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

  • Revelation 21:5

    And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

  • Galatians 5:1-6

    Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. …

  • Galatians 4:9-11

    But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

  • 1 Timothy 4:8

    For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

  • Hebrews 13:9-10

    Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

  • Galatians 2:12-14

    For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

  • Philippians 3:5-7

    Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

  • Galatians 2:4

    And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

  • Galatians 6:13-14

    For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 36:26; 2Co 5:17; Ga 2:4,12-14; 4:9-11; 5:1-6; 6:13,14; Php 3:5-7
Col 2:19-23; 1Ti 4:8; Heb 8:8-13; 13:9,10; Re 21:5

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Context

  • 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 5:39

    No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

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Luke 5:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas el vino nuevo en cueros nuevos se ha de echar; y lo uno y lo otro se conserva.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais le vin nouveau doit être mis dans des outres neuves, et tous les deux se conservent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
sondern neuen Wein tut man in neue Schläuche, und beide werden zusammen erhalten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
sed vinum novum in utres novos mittendum est, et utraque conservantur.