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Non-Exact Match

Besides, he applied this similitude to them. no man, said he, puts a piece of new cloth upon an old coat: if he does, the new will strain the old, and they will by no means suit one another.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMendingRepairingUnusedNot Like Things

nor will any one put new wine into old skins: if they do, the new wine will burst the skins, and wine and skins be all lost.

Verse ConceptsBreaking ContainersOld ThingsFreshWineskins And Vats

but new wine must be put into new skins, and both will be preserv'd.

Verse ConceptsUnusedFreshWineskins And Vats

so no-body that has been drinking old wine, will immediately call for new: for 'tis his maxim, "the old is best."

Verse ConceptsOld ThingsDrunkennessNew