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Mark warns against sewing a patch of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment. The Gospel of Thomas has the same set of rules, but its patch rule differs from both Mark and Luke: an old patch is not sewn onto a new garment.
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1000+ CE
Mark 2:21
New Testament
21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
Gospel of Thomas 1:47
Nag Hammadi
46 Jesus said, “From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women, no one is greater than John the Baptist so that his eyes should not be averted. Yet I have said that whoever among you will become a child will know the kingdom and will become greater than John.” 47 Jesus said, “It is impossible for a man to mount two horses or to stretch two bows; and it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters, for he will honor the one and treat the other contemptuously. No person drinks old wine and immediately desires to drink new wine. New wine is not put into old wineskins, or they might burst; and old wine is not put into a new wineskin, or it might spoil. An old patch is not sewn onto a new garment, because it would tear.” 48 Jesus said, “If two make peace with each other in a single house, they will say to the mountain, ‘Move from here,’ and it will move.”
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Notes and References
“... Another saying is parallel to the proverb and the similitudes; it is found in Gos. Thom. § 47bc: “No one drinks old wine and straightway desires (epithymei) to drink new wine. They do not put new wine into old wineskins (askos) lest they burst; they do not put old wine into a new wineskin lest it ruin it. They do not sew an old patch on a new garment, since (epei) a rip might develop.” Even though the last similitude differs from both the Marcan and Lucan form, it is clear that the collection here is basically dependent on the Lucan form; it not only includes the equivalent of v. 39, but reverses the order of the similitude and proverb. ...”
Fitzmyer, Joseph A.
The Gospel According to Luke: Introduction, Translation, and Notes
(p. 596) Doubleday, 1981
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