G1915–ἐπίβλημα–epiblēma

No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made.

ἐπίβλημα epiblēma “a patch”

No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be made.

ἐπίβλημα epiblēma “a patch”

He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old.

ἐπίβλημα epiblēma “a piece”ἐπίβλημα epiblēma “piece”