Mat 9:16 | RWP | e4.org | Undressed cloth ( ρακους αγναφου ). An unfulled, raw piece of woollen cloth that will shrink when wet and tear a bigger hole than ever. A worse rent ( χειρον σχισμα ). Our word "schism." The " patch " ( πληρωμα , filling up) thus does more harm than good.

‏ Matthew 9:16

Undressed cloth ( ρακους αγναφου ). An unfulled, raw piece of woollen cloth that will shrink when wet and tear a bigger hole than ever.

A worse rent ( χειρον σχισμα ). Our word "schism." The " patch" ( πληρωμα, filling up) thus does more harm than good.