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An old damaged wineskin illustrates the warning in Jesus’s comparison.
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Matthew 9:17

Old Wineskins

Mercy, Healing, and the Call · Matthew 9

Story guide: Jesus contrasts ruined old wineskins with fresh skins that preserve the new wine.

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17Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. Rather, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

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