Q – In Luke 5:33-39, Jesus offers the wineskins parable when asked about fasting. As hard as I strain to understand this parable, I feel I’m missing something – or wind up craving a really mellow Cabernet! ?
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What is He saying in this passage?
Luke 5:36-39 New International Version (NIV). 36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Wine is there to make God happy (Jdg.9:12-13). Jesus is the true Vine. The garment is outside a man, the wine is inside the wine skins. The wine skins are vessels to hold something. Man is a vessel (Rom.9:22-23; 2 nd Cor.4:7). One is outward, and one is inward. This is how religion works. There are the inward ordinances and the inward belief of.
Jim – Let’s start by looking at the passage, starting with the banquet at Levi’s house –
“After these things He (Jesus) went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
King James Bible And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. Christian Standard Bible He also told them a parable: 'No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old. Scripture says: “No one puts a piece of un-shrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment and the tear is made worse” (v. Essentially, the new cloth represents the fact that you cannot mix the New Covenant of grace and salvation with the Old Covenant Law. 'No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.'
Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
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Then they said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”
And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.”
Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ” (Luke 5:27-39)
The quick answer is that Jesus was drawing a contrast between the Old Covenant (the Law of Moses, which demanded painstaking performance in order to achieve a level of righteousness) with the New Covenant of salvation by grace through faith.
It all started because Jesus purposely found a Jewish man who worked to collect taxes for Rome. These were despised men. They were considered turncoats against their own people. And, they were usually crooks, lining their own pockets by overcharging the people. These were certainly not the kind of people you would find religious men consorting with. But, Jesus chose to sit at a banquet with a room full of them.
Naturally, there were the local “scribes and Pharisees,” those who kept and promoted the Law of Moses, there in the midst. And, Jesus knew it. He was goading them. So, they took the bait and asked, “Why do you eat with such people?!”
A religious Jew would never touch an unclean thing or eat in the company of sinners. Yet, here was Jesus, considered by many a teacher, a rabbi, and He was eating with the dregs of society.
So, He answered, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor.” That’s right. People with no symptoms don’t seek medical help. Of course, Jesus was also implying that the Pharisees, confident in their self-righteousness, would never seek Him as a Savior. They saw no need. They felt whole and clean.
But, Jesus sat with sinners. Jesus knew their need. “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Those who were seeking salvation by keeping the Law would be judged by the Law. That Law will crush them. But, Jesus’ ministry was one of reconciliation, grace and salvation for sinners. He came to call people who recognized their miserable estate and desperate need for a Mediator between them and God’s Holy judgment.
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That’s the first part of the tale.
Unable to condemn Jesus on the basis of His first answer, they moved past His chosen company to the act of feasting. It was customary for the scribes and Pharisees to fast often, as a demonstration of their sanctified condition. So, they charged Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”
Notice the way they built their argument. John the Baptist taught his followers to fast. We teach our followers to fast. But, we never seem to see your followers fasting. In fact, they seem to be feasting quite regularly. Clearly, your followers are not as holy as we are. What do you say to that?
So, Jesus responded in accordance to the custom of the day. When a wedding was about to take place – and for several days preceding the wedding – a huge feast would commence. And, the bridegroom’s fellows would feast with him until the moment that he went to call his wife.
So, Jesus responded that while He was in their midst, as the Bride of Christ was being established, He was like a bridegroom feasting with friends. But, He also predicted His death, resurrection and ascension. The day will come, He told them, when the bridegroom would leave. Then His fellows would fast.
The Pharisees were now “two for two.” So, Jesus explained things further, emphasizing the difference between their Old Covenant religion and the New Covenant that would be established in His blood.
He offered them two practical examples to explain the contrast. First, He explained that when an old piece of cloth was torn you would not patch it with new cloth. Any good seamstress would agree. The new cloth is stronger than the old; so eventually the tear will increase.
Likewise, Jesus said, you do not put new wine into an old wineskin. A wineskin was a leather pouch that was capable of expanding as the wine fermented – but only once. If you put new wine in an old wineskin that has already been stretched, it will burst the wineskin and then both are ruined.
So, new cloth goes into new clothing and new wine goes into new wineskins. New cloth in old clothing and new wine in old wineskins simply doesn’t work.
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So, in that context, Jesus was saying that those Pharisees who were devoted to the Old Covenant practices were never going to understand the practices of the New Covenant. But, it was not meant for them. The New Covenant required new vessels and new material. That’s why Jesus chose fishermen, tax collectors and zealots to carry His message. The “old guard” of Judaism was never going to embrace it. Ares ultima version. They were old cloth and old wineskins.
And they were zealous for their religion. Having drunk themselves full of the old wine they would pronounce its superiority, “The old is better!”
So, Jesus knew their hearts and knew that they would not – indeed they could not – embrace the New Covenant. So, He turned to new cloth and new skin.
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I hope that helps!
Yours in Him
Jim Mc.
Luke 5:36-39, 'Then He spoke a parable to them: 'No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. {37} 'And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. {38} 'But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. {39} 'And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.'II. How This Verse Is Misused By Some: These verses are difficult in the sense that their meaning can be obscure and unclear, rather than that they are used to support some false concept. The usual question is, What does this parable of the garments and the wineskins mean, and what does it have to do with fasting?
III. True Explanation
A. Jesus was answering a question. 'Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?' (verse 33). Jesus used this double parable to help answer the question.
B. 'No man puts a piece of a new garment upon an old one, otherwise, then both the new makes a tear, and the piece that was taken out of the new does not match with the old' (verse 36). It doesn't make sense to put a new piece of cloth on an old garment to repair it. After washing, the new cloth will shrink and tear the
old.
C. 'And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the old wineskins, and the wine would be spilled, and the wineskins would be ruined' (verse 37). It would be ridiculous to put new wine into an old wineskin. An old wineskin has already stretched and the fermentation (gas) of new wine would burst it.
D. The new cloth and the new wine symbolize the new way of life Christ was bringing. We must change our total approach to God -- our methods and purposes in fasting, prayer and obedience -- when we are converted. 'Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new' (II Corinthians 5:17).
E. Jesus gave these two examples as a lesson in incongruities. It would make as little sense for His disciples to fast while He was there as it would to put new cloth on an old garment or new wine in an old wineskin.
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We can't fit God's truth into our old way of life. For instance, if we try to mix the truth of the Sabbath with our old way of life and concepts learned so we may be like one of the churches of this world, it will indeed seem 'hard' and 'burdensome' to obey God and will cause a 'tear.'
The main reason for fasting is to get closer to God. Jesus' disciples didn't fast. They didn't need to fast to get closer to Him because He was already with them (Luke 5:34-35).
F. 'And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.' (verse 39). Christ had already explained why His disciples didn't fast at that time. This last analogy was to show why the Pharisees and John's disciples did fast. These men were not ready to accept the example of Christ and His disciples as being right. They didn't want to drink the 'new wine' -- the new way of life that Christ was bringing -- because they felt the 'old wine' of their customs, doctrines and practices was better.
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The scribes and Pharisees followed the traditions of their elders and commandments of men (Mark 7) which were the traditional teachings of Judaism and the Oral Law. Remember Judaism is the Jews response to the Old Testament.
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G. The new wine also represented the new church that Jesus was building.
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Jesus told the apostles and disciples that He would build His church on Himself-not on Peter, as traditionally thought and claimed by many. The key to this understanding is in the Greek words that Jesus used. Jesus said to Peter, 'You are Peter' (petros). The meaning of this word was given definition by Jesus Himself. In John 1:43, the interpretation of the name 'Peter' (cephas) is 'a stone.' This is what Jesus was emphasizing here. Peter was a stone. Next, Jesus said of Himself, 'But upon this Rock I will build My church. ' The Greek word translated 'Rock' is ‘petra’ which means 'massive cliff.' Christ Himself is that Rock, the Massive Cliff. Peter was a pebble or a stone in comparison. The Greek clearly conveys the meaning. Jesus built His church upon Himself. He did not build it upon a man. Other scriptures verify this truth. Jesus Christ is called the 'Rock, ' petra (1 Cor. 10:4 - Eph. 2:20). Even Peter later wrote about Jesus as the Cornerstone, the foundational undergirding of the church that He said He would build (1 Pet. 2:4-6). Jesus Christ is called the Head of the church; no man can be the Head (Eph. 1:22; Col. 1:18). Peter himself, shortly after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, said that the Stone which the builders had set at naught had become the Head of the corner (Acts 4:11). This scripture shows that Peter knew he was not the cornerstone or the head of the Church of God. 1 Corinthians 3:11 clearly states that all who are Christians must be built on the foundation of Jesus Christ, Who alone is the Head of His Church. Through the direct words of Jesus Christ Himself, and through the words of His chosen apostles, we know that He has built His Church on Himself, not on Peter or any other man.