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
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Rare words
ἐπίβλημα
ἐπίβλημα
a patch on a garment.
ῥάκους
ῥάκος
a piece of cloth, a remnant torn off.
ἀγνάφου
ἄγναφος
unshrunken, new.