Mark 2 · Verse 21

Mark 2:21

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Mark 2:21, King James Version

Mark 2:21 in other translations

BSBNo one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
WEBNo 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.
ASVNo man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment: else that which should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made.
YLT‘And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not--the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;
DARBYNo one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment: otherwise its new filling-up takes from the old stuff, and there is a worse rent.
BBENo man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.
WebsterNo man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up, taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

What does Mark 2:21 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 21.

(1) "of new cloth" or, "raw", or "unwrought"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 No man - seweth - See Mat 9:16. No man seweth a piece of unscoured cloth upon an old garment. In the common editions this verse begins with και, and, but this is omitted by almost every MS. and version of note. The construction of the whole verse is various in the MSS. The translation given here, and in Mat 9:16, is intelligible, and speaks for itself.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 2:18-22

Strict professors are apt to blame all that do not fully come up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be willing to bear them, as well as careful not to deserve them; but should attend to every part of our duty in its proper order and season.

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Mark 2:21 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.

οὐδεὶςoudeisNo [one]G3762
ἐπίβλημαepiblēmaa patchG1915
ῥάκουςrhakousof clothG4470
ἀγνάφουagnaphouunshrunkG46
ἐπιράπτειepirapteisewsG1976
ἐπὶepionG1909
ἱμάτιονhimationclothingG2440
παλαιόν·palaionold;G3820
εἰeilestG1487
δὲdethenG1161
μή,mēexceptG3361
αἴρειaireitears awayG142
τὸtotheG3588
πλήρωμαplērōmapatchG4138
αὐτοῦautouitG846
τὸto<the>G3588
καινὸνkainonnewG2537
τοῦtoufrom theG3588
παλαιοῦ,palaiouold,G3820
καὶkaiAndG2532
χεῖρονcheironworseG5501
σχίσμαschismaa tearG4978
γίνεται.¶ginetaitakes place.G1096

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 2:21

  • Matthew 9:16

    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.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13

    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

  • Isaiah 57:16

    For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

  • Psalms 103:13-15

    Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
seweth.
Ps 103:13-15; Isa 57:16; 1Co 10:13
new. or, raw, or, unwrought.
Mt 9:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 2:20

    But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

  • Mark 2:21

    No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

  • Mark 2:22

    And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

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Mark 2:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Nadie echa remiendo de paño recio en vestido viejo; de otra manera el mismo remiendo nuevo tira del viejo, y la rotura se hace peor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Personne ne coud un morceau de drap neuf à un vieil habit; autrement la pièce neuve emporte une partie du vieil habit, et la déchirure en devient plus mauvaise.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Niemand näht einen Flicken von neuem Tuch auf ein altes Kleid; sonst reißt das Eingesetzte von ihm ab, das neue vom alten, und der Riß wird ärger.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nemo assumentum panni rudis assuit vestimento veteri: alioquin aufert supplementum novum a veteri, et major scissura fit.