Matthew 9:16

¹⁶“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

Matthew 9 is a dense display of Jesus’ authority and mercy, unfolding through a series of encounters that challenge religious assumptions. Jesus forgives a paralytic’s sins, calls a tax collector to follow him, answers questions about fasting, raises a dead girl, heals a bleeding