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Neither do people put
"Neither does anyone pour" or "People never put"
new wine
This refers to wine that has not fermented yet. Alternate translation: "unfermented wine" or "grape juice" or "unfermented fruit juice"
old wineskins
This refers to wineskins that have stretched and dried out because they were already used for fermenting wine.
wineskins
"wine bags" or "skin bags." These were bags made out of animal skins.
the wine will be spilled, and the wineskins will be destroyed
"and this will ruin the wineskins and spill the wine"
the skins will burst
When the new wine ferments and expands, old wineskins tear open because they can no longer stretch out.
fresh wineskins
"new wineskins" or "new wine bags." This refers to wineskins that no one has used.
both will be preserved
"this will keep safe both the wineskins and the wine"