# Luke 5.39

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 37. <span class="rl-speech">And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins.</span>
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> **39. And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, <span class="rl-speech">The old is good.</span>** (Luke 5:37-39, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 37. <span class="rl-speech">No one puts new wine into old wine skins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">But new wine must be put into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.</span>
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> **39. No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, <span class="rl-speech">‘The old is better.’</span>”** (Luke 5:37-39, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 37. <span class="rl-speech">And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.</span>
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> **39. No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, <span class="rl-speech">The old is better.</span>** (Luke 5:37-39, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 37. <span class="rl-speech">'And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">but new wine into new skins is to be put, and both are preserved together;</span>
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> **39. and no one having drunk old [wine], doth immediately wish new, for he saith, <span class="rl-speech">The old is better.'</span>** (Luke 5:37-39, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 5.31-39](/codex/luke-5-31-39/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G5544 - chrestotes](/codex/g5544-chrestotes/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.