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And no one puts freshly squeezed grape juice into bottles made of previously used animal skins. If he does, the grape juice will [cause cracks and] burst the [dried-out] animal skins and the grape juice will [all leak out and] be wasted, and the animal skin bottles will become useless. But people put freshly squeezed grape juice into newly prepared animal skin bottles."

Verse ConceptsBottle, UsesNewnessWineAlcohol ConsumptionBreaking ContainersOld ThingsUnusedFreshWineskins And Vatstoughness

And whoever causes one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord. See Matt. 18:6] who believes in me to be led astray [from God], he would have been better off to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and thrown into the ocean [Note: This was a heavy, circular stone rolled over grain to crush it, and moved by an animal walking in a circle].

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersChildren, attitudes towardsInexperienceMillstonesNecksSin, Causes OfTemptation, Avoiding CausingDenunciationsCausing Others To StumbleSinkingBeing Killed By A RockEncouraging Faith In ChristPersonal GoodDealing With Young PeopleIn The Heart Of The SeaMisleading Children