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Luke 5:37

Parable Spiritual Growth
"And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined."

— Luke 5:37

Context

Jesus teaching about new wine in old wineskins

Surrounding Bible Verses

Details

Book

Luke

Chapter & Verses

Ch. 5, v.37

Related Sayings

Matthew 13:3-4

"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up."

Matthew 13:23

"The seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

Matthew 13:31-32

"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree."

Parallel Passages

Same theme (Spiritual Growth) in other Gospels

Matthew 23:26

"Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean."

Matthew 26:41

"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Mark 8:18

"Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember?"