Matthew 9:16
But no one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old coat, for the patch will tear away from the coat, and make the hole worse than ever.
John 16:12
I have much more to tell you, but you cannot take it in now,
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
So, for my part, brothers, I could not treat you as spiritual persons; I had to treat you just as creatures of flesh and blood, as babies in Christian living.
1 Corinthians 13:13
So faith, hope, and love endure. These are the great three, and the greatest of them is love.
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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.
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John 16:12
I have much more to tell you, but you cannot take it in now,
1 Corinthians 3:1
So, for my part, brothers, I could not treat you as spiritual persons; I had to treat you just as creatures of flesh and blood, as babies in Christian living.
1 Corinthians 13:13
So faith, hope, and love endure. These are the great three, and the greatest of them is love.
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Matthew 22:1
And Jesus spoke to them again in figures, and said,