No one pours new wine into old wineskins
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:00:03 +0000
Gospel: Lk 5:33-39
THE scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.” Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” And he also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”
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The conflict of fasting reflects the situation in Luke’s community where the Jews adhere to strict compliance to the rule on fasting, whereas the new Christian members who include non-Jews are flexible on the matter. The Jewish perspective is founded on the old Mosaic legalistic traditions and practices, but Jesus introduces a new way of life that brings joy and liberation in all aspects of life – cultural
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