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Matthew 9:16
NIV:  "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.
NAS:  "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.
KJV:  No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
GWT:  "No one patches an old coat with a new piece of cloth that will shrink. When the patch shrinks, it will rip away from the coat, and the tear will become worse.
ASV:  And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made.
BBE:  And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.
DBY:  But no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for its filling up takes from the garment and a worse rent takes place.
DRB:  And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fullness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.
WBS:  No man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment: for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
WEB:  No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
YLT:  'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

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