KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
WEB World English Bible
No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins.”
ASV American Standard Version
And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not—the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.’
Surrounding context — Mark 2
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
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.
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.
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandοὐδεὶςG3762 · oudeisnoneβάλλειG906 · ballōto throw: throwοἶνονG3631 · oinoswineνέονG3501 · neosnewεἰςG1519 · eistowardἀσκοὺςG779 · askoswineskinπαλαιούς·G3820 · palaiosoldεἰG1487 · eiifδὲG1161 · dethenμή,G3361 · mēnotῥήξειG4486 · rhēgnumito throw violentlyὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἶνοςG3631 · oinoswineτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀσκούς,G779 · askoswineskinκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἶνοςG3631 · oinoswineἀπόλλυταιG622 · apolluōto destroyκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀσκοίG779 · askoswineskinἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutοἶνονG3631 · oinoswineνέονG3501 · neosnewεἰςG1519 · eistowardἀσκοὺςG779 · askoswineskinκαινούςG2537 · kainosnew
Cross-references
Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.Psalm 119:83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.Luke 5:37-38And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.Joshua 9:4They 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;Joshua 9:13And 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.Job 32:19Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.Psalm 119:80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Mark 2:22
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →