Mat 9:16-17 | 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 9:16-17

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.

Old wineskins ( ασκους παλαιους ). Not glass " bottles" but wineskins used as bottles as is true in Palestine yet, goatskins with the rough part inside. "Our word bottle originally carried the true meaning, being a bottle of leather. In Spanish bota means a leather bottle, a boot, and a butt. In Spain wine is still brought to market in pig-skins " (Vincent). The new wine will ferment and crack the dried-up old skins.

The wine is spilled ( εκχειτα ), poured out.