Matthew 9:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

King James Bible
<1161> No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Greek
No one
Οὐδεὶς (Oudeis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3762: No one, none, nothing.

sews
ἐπιβάλλει (epiballei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1911: From epi and ballo; to throw upon; specially to reflect; impersonally, to belong to.

a patch
ἐπίβλημα (epiblēma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1915: A patch on a garment. From epiballo; a patch.

of unshrunk
ἀγνάφου (agnaphou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 46: Unshrunken, new. Properly, unfulled, i.e. new.

cloth
ῥάκους (rhakous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4470: A piece of cloth, a remnant torn off. From rhegnumi; a 'rag, ' i.e. Piece of cloth.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

an old
παλαιῷ (palaiō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3820: Old, ancient, not new or recent. From palai; antique, i.e. Not recent, worn out.

garment.
ἱματίῳ (himatiō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2440: A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress.

For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

patch
πλήρωμα (plērōma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4138: From pleroo; repletion or completion, i.e. what fills, or what is filled.

will pull away
αἴρει (airei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 142: To raise, lift up, take away, remove.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

garment,
ἱματίου (himatiou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2440: A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

a worse
χεῖρον (cheiron)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative
Strong's 5501: Worse, more severe. Irregular comparative of kakos; from an obsolete equivalent cheres; more evil or aggravated.

tear
σχίσμα (schisma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4978: A rent, as in a garment; a division, dissention. From schizo; a split or gap, literally or figuratively.

will result.
γίνεται (ginetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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