Luke 5:38

Luke 5:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
• New International Version (NIV)No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

Context of Luke 5:38

36He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old. 37And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill, and the skins will be ruined. No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins. 39And no one, after drinking old wine, wants new, because he says, ‘The old is better.’”

Luke 5:38 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς βλητέονRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• newνέοςneos neōteros · newG3501
• wineοἶνοςoinos · wineG3631
• must be putβλητέονblēteos · must be putG992
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• newκαινόςkainos · newG2537
• bottlesἀσκόςaskos · wineskinG779
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• bothἀμφότεροςamphoteros · bothG297
• are preservedσυντηρέωsuntēreō · to preserveG4933

Cross-references for Luke 5:38

• Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
• Galatians 2:4This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.
• Galatians 4:9But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elements? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
• Galatians 5:1For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm, then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.
• Galatians 6:13For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.
• Philippians 3:5circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee;
• Colossians 2:19He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with growth from God.
• 1 Timothy 4:8For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
• Hebrews 8:8But finding fault with his people, he says: See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah —
• Hebrews 13:9Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by food regulations, since those who observe them have not benefited.
• Revelation 21:5Then the one seated on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these words are faithful and true.”

Commentaries on Luke 5:38

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33-39Verses 33-39 See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 9:14-17. Luke 5:39 Having drunk old wine … - Wine increases its strength and flavor, and its mildness and mellowness, by age, and the old is therefore preferable. They who had tasted such mild and mellow wine would not readily drink the comparatively sour and astringent juice of the grape as it came from the press. The meaning of this proverb in this place seems to be this: You Pharisees…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-39Verses 27-39 It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was made so effectual. It was a wonder of his grace, that he came to call sinners to repentance, and to assure them of pardon. It was a wonder of his grace, that he so patiently bore the contradiction of sinners against himself and his disciples. It was a wonder of his grace, that he fixed the services…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-38a new garment … new wine: New cloth shrinks when it is washed and can tear old cloth. New wine expands as it ferments and can burst old, brittle wineskins. In both cases, both the old and the new are ruined. These examples show that the old and the new do not work well together. Jesus did not come to patch up the old covenant, but to bring a new one. The kingdom of God brings a new way of thinking and living.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 5:38

• Bottle
• Jesus, the Christ
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Bottle
• Deep
• Draught
• Follow
• Perish
• Tiling
• Toil
• Abstinence
• Drunkenness
• Fresh

Commentaries on Luke 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings