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NASB | Matthew 9:16 "But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 9:16 "But no one puts a piece of unshrunk (new) cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. |
Bible Question:
What is your take on Matt.9:16,17?... I took it as "Don't be unequally yoke!" |
Bible Answer: Rufus III This passage is talking about why the disciples did not fast. The Pharisees were accusing Jesus that His disciples did not fast and Jesus tells a little story about why they don't do this. The verse are talking about Jesus being present in earth and that while His is still among the disciples they do not fast because they are happy His is there. Then Jesus talks about that no one puts new wine, which is Jesus, into old wine skins, which is the practice of fasting, and He means the same thing about the cloth. This is an anology of Jesus being a new covenant and the disciples leaving off an old covenant to take the new one. The phrase "unequally yoked" comes from something else in 2 Corinthians 6:14. This is talking about being bound with unbelievers because Christians are not in agreement with unbelievers about how to live, who to worship, how to act, what to do. For instance a believer should not marry an unbeliever once they believe. Or non-believers should not serve in positions in the church. Or believers and non-believers cannot go evangelize together (this has actualy happened on college campuses). Or single beleivers should not be room mates with unbelievers. Believers are called to be part of a lost society and witness Jesus to the lost, you can't come all the way out of the world and be doing the work of Jesus. But you can separate yourself from as much as possible from the unbelievers in practice while still reaching out to them in purpose while walking among them. blessings abound, bowler |
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