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

36Now he was also telling them a parable. “No one tears a patch from a new garment to use it on an old garment. Otherwise he will rip the new, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will be spilled out, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39No man who drinks old wine wants new, because he says, ‘The old is fine.’”

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 36:26Moreover I will give you a new heart. I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the stony heart from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
• Galatians 2:4Now this issue came up because of false brothers secretly brought in (who slipped in to spy out our freedom in Messiah, in order to bring us into bondage).
• Galatians 4:9But now you have come to know God—or rather you have come to be known by God. So how can you turn back again to those weak and worthless principles? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
• Galatians 5:1For freedom, Messiah set us free—so stand firm, and do not be burdened by a yoke of slavery again.
• Galatians 6:13For not even the circumcised keep Torah themselves. Yet they want to have you circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh.
• Philippians 3:5circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel; from the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the Torah, a Pharisee;
• Colossians 2:19He is not holding fast to the Head. It is from Him that the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and tendons, grows with a godly increase.
• 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise has some benefit; but godliness is beneficial for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the one to come.
• Hebrews 8:8For finding fault with them, He says, “Behold, days are coming, says Adonai, when I will inaugurate a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
• Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace—not by foods that have not benefited those occupied by them.
• Revelation 21:5And the One seated upon the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new!” Then He said, “Write, for these words are trustworthy 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