by David Newby

Matthew 9:16 Jesus said "No-one puts a patch of new cloth onto an old garment…."

Luke 5:36 "No-one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn (ruined) the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old."

What Jesus was saying is this - "This new covenant Church that I am building is not just an add-on to the old covenant and ways…… and if you just try to keep the old going by tacking bits of the new onto it, both will be ruined."

In Matthew 9:17, Jesus said that the old wineskin had to be thrown out, otherwise the new wine would be wasted.