16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into old (A)wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”

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18 (B)While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and (C)knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

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