Matthew 9:16

16No oneοὐδεὶςhoweverδὲputsἐπιβάλλειa patchἐπίβλημαof clothῥάκουςunshrunkἀγνάφουonἐπὶclothingἱματίῳoldπαλαιῷ·tears awayαἴρειforγὰρtheτὸpatchπλήρωμαof itαὐτοῦfromἀπὸtheτοῦgarmentἱματίου,andκαὶa worseχεῖρονtearσχίσμαemergesγίνεται.

But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the filling up of it pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear happens.

Vocab difficulty

92.0

Rare words

  • ἐπίβλημα

    ἐπίβλημα

    a patch on a garment.

  • ῥάκους

    ῥάκος

    a piece of cloth, a remnant torn off.

  • ἀγνάφου

    ἄγναφος

    unshrunken, new.