Mark 2:22

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No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins."

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Capernaum, a fishing town on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, served as a major base for Jesus’ Galilean ministry. In this setting, Jesus’ teaching about new wine and wineskins confronts attempts to contain the newness of his kingdom within established religious forms.

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Mark 2:22 mentions Capernaum.

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