Mark 2:21

21No oneΟὐδεὶςa patchἐπίβλημαof clothῥάκουςunshrunkἀγνάφουsewsἐπιράπτειonἐπὶclothingἱμάτιονoldπαλαιόν·ifεἰnowδὲnotμή,tears awayαἴρειtheτὸpatchπλήρωμαfromἀπ’itαὐτοῦτὸnewκαινὸνfrom theτοῦoldπαλαιοῦ,Andκαὶworseχεῖρονa tearσχίσμαtakes placeγίνεται.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. and if otherwise, the filling up pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear happens.

Vocab difficulty

88.1

Rare words

  • ἐπίβλημα

    ἐπίβλημα

    a patch on a garment.

  • ῥάκους

    ῥάκος

    a piece of cloth, a remnant torn off.

  • ἀγνάφου

    ἄγναφος

    unshrunken, new.

  • ἐπιράπτει

    ἐπιράπτω