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Mark 2:21

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.

KJV

Οὐδεὶς ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπιράπτει ἐπὶ ἱμάτιον παλαιόν· εἰ δὲ μή, αἴρει τὸ πλήρωμα ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τὸ καινὸν τοῦ παλαιοῦ, καὶ χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται.

Greek NT

Nemo assumentum panni rudis assuit vestimento veteri : alioquin aufert supplementum novum a veteri, et major scissura fit.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καινός
kainos
adjective · 41×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
παλαιός
palaios
adjective · 19×
πλήρωμα
pleroma
noun · 17×
σχίσμα
schisma
noun · 8×
χείρων
cheiron
adjective · 11×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄγναφος
agnaphos
adjective · 2×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπίβλημα
epiblema
noun · 4×
ἐπιῤῥάπτω
epirrapto
verb · 1×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
o
article · 19778×
ῥάκος
rakos
noun · 2×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Οὐδεὶς | WH/Treg/NIV: Οὐδεὶς | RP: Καὶ οὐδεὶς
  • ΟὐδεὶςSBLGNT
  • ΟὐδεὶςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Καὶ οὐδεὶςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἱμάτιον παλαιόν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἱμάτιον παλαιόν | RP: ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ
  • ἱμάτιον παλαιόνSBLGNT
  • ἱμάτιον παλαιόνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἱματίῳ παλαιῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ἀπ᾽ | WH/NIV: ἀπ᾽
  • ἀπ᾽SBLGNT
  • ἀπ᾽Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:10 — Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
  • 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
  • Luke 5:36 — And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with
  • Matt 9:16 — 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.
  • Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.