“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.”
No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. The two parables of the new cloth and new wineskins explain why the kingdom that Jesus brings cannot simply be added to the existing religious system without destroying both. The new cloth on an old garment will shrink and pull away, tearing both. The kingdom of God is not a patch on the old order — it is a new garment that requires new cloth. Luke 5:36 adds that the old garment should not be cut to make the patch, and the pieces from the new do not match the old.
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