Mark 2:21
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.”
πλήρωμα
repletion or completion, i.e. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude), or (objectively) what is filled (as container, performance, period)
καινός
new
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καινός
New, fresh, recently made. Kainos. A new commandment I give you. Kainos means new in quality not just new in time. The new covenant is better in kind not just newer in age.
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γίνομαι
takes place.
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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παλαιός
old,
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παλαιός
Old, ancient, former. Palaios. Put off the old self. The old way of living has no claim on you in Christ. You are not who you used to be. You are a new creation.
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οὐδείς
No one
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οὐδείς
No one, nothing, none. No one can snatch them out of My hand. The security of the believer rests not in their grip but in His. And His grip never fails.
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χείρων
worse
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χείρων
from an obsolete equivalent (of uncertain derivation); more evil or aggravated (physically, mentally or morally)
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σχίσμα
a tear
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σχίσμα
a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively
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ἐπιῤῥάπτω
sews
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ἐπιῤῥάπτω
to stitch upon, i.e. fasten with the needle
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ῥάκος
of cloth
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ῥάκος
a "rag," i.e. piece of cloth
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ἱμάτιον
clothing
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ἱμάτιον
a dress (inner or outer)
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εἰ
lest
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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ἐπίβλημα
a patch
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ἐπίβλημα
a patch
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