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Mark 2:21

21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.

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Mark 2:21 — The New International Version (NIV)

21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.

Mark 2:21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.

Mark 2:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse.

Mark 2:21 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth over a hole in an old coat. Otherwise, the patch will shrink and pull awaythe new patch will pull away from the old coat. Then the hole will be worse.

Mark 2:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 No 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.

Mark 2:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 No 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.

Mark 2:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 “No one patches an old coat with a new piece of cloth that will shrink. Otherwise, the new patch will shrink and rip away some of the old cloth, and the tear will become worse.

Mark 2:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made.

Mark 2:21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.

Mark 2:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 No one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment. Otherwise the patch pulls away from it—the new from the old—and the tear becomes worse.

Mark 2:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 “People don’t sew a patch of new cloth on old clothes. If they do, the new piece will pull away from the old. That will make the tear worse.

Mark 2:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.


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