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Mk 2:22b ... "If now not, the wine will tear the wineskins, ..."

The second and third phrases have these 8 dialog words, ... ei de me, hreksei ho oinos tous askous, kai ho oinos apollutai, kai oi askoi ("If now not, will tear the wine the wineskins, ...").

The 8 words are bottom up and down the sides. The 3 words "ei de me" (if now not = otherwise), tells the reader there are two possibilities, either This diagram implies that believers (new wine) do not need devine help to destroy unclean spirits (old wineskins). The ones that believe automatically destroy unclean spirits.

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