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14Then the disciples of John came to
Him saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?
15And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber
mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the
bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.
16No one puts a piece of new cloth
onto an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment,
and the tear is made worse.
17Nor do men put new wine into old wineskins; else the
wineskins burst, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish. But they put new
wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved together.
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18The disciples of John and those
of the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to Him, Why do John's
disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?
19And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber
fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with
them they cannot fast.
20But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be
taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.
21And no one sews a patch of new cloth
on an old garment, else it takes away from its fullness, the new from the old, and
a worse tear occurs.
22No one puts new wine into old wineskins, else the new
wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine spills, and the wineskins will be ruined.
The new wine must be put into new wineskins.
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33And they said to Him, Why do John's
disciples fast often and make prayers, and also the disciples of the Pharisees,
but yours eat and drink?
34But He said to them, Can you make the sons of the
bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?
35But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be
taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.
36And He also spoke a parable to them:
No one puts a piece of a new garment on an old garment. Otherwise, both the new
will tear, and the old does not match the piece from the new.
37And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Else the
new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskin will perish.
38But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both
are preserved together.
39Also no one having drunk old wine immediately desires
new, for he says, The old is better.
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- This parable speaks to the issue of the Old testament law vs. New testament
grace, and basically tells us that we cannot mix and match. It must either be one
or the other, all law or all grace! We are now under the New covenant and we live
by grace!
But, now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so
much He is also the Mediator of a better covenant, which was built upon better
promises, Hebrews 8:6.
- In all three accounts, this parable is spoken after Jesus talks about Himself as
the bridegroom. Setting the context that we are entering into a new covenant way.
- In Luke's account; He says; "no one having drunk old wine
immediately desires new, for he says, The old is better". The law has
definite rules to follow it gives structure, whereby following grace requires
knowledge and discernment of righteousness. Change is usually only made through
necessary, for it is easier and more comfortable to stay within what is known.
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