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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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“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.
22 "No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins."
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And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
23 And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.
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One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
24 The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"
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The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25 And He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;
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He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?"
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In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
27 Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
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Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28 "So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
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So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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