Luke 5:39
Good News Translation
And you don't want new wine after drinking old wine. 'The old is better,' you say."

New Revised Standard Version
And no one after drinking old wine desires new wine, but says, ‘The old is good.’”

Contemporary English Version
No one wants new wine after drinking old wine. They say, "The old wine is better."

New American Bible
[And] no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’ ”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And no man drinking old hath presently a mind to new: for he saith: The old is better.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And no man drinking old hath presently a mind to new: for he saith: The old is better.

Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls. And they said: We will not walk.

Mark 7:7-13 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men. . . .

Romans 4:11,12 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice: . . .

Hebrews 11:1,2,39 Now, faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not. . . .

Context
The Patches and the Wineskins
38But new wine must be put into new bottles: and both are preserved. 39And no man drinking old hath presently a mind to new: for he saith: The old is better.
Cross References
Matthew 5:40
And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.

Luke 5:38
But new wine must be put into new bottles: and both are preserved.

Luke 6:1
And it came to pass on the second first sabbath that, as he went through the corn fields, his disciples plucked the ears and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

Luke 5:38
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