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Luke 5:39
And no man drinking old hath presently a mind to new: for he saith: The old is better.
Luke 5:39 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 5:39 in other translations
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
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In context
36 And he spoke also a similitude to them: That no man putteth a piece from a new garment upon an old garment: otherwise he both rendeth the new, and the piece taken from the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the new wine will break the bottles; and it will be spilled and the bottles will be lost.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles: and both are preserved.
39 And no man drinking old hath presently a mind to new: for he saith: The old is better.
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