![]() Their time of fasting would come later, after Jesus’s death and resurrection. ![]() Jesus’s disciples were enjoying life, eating and drinking, while Jesus was with them. Luk 5:35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them then they will fast in those days.” Luk 5:34 And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? The first part of Jesus’s response addresses the behaviour of His disciples and is easy to understand. Underlying this was really a questioning of Jesus’s choice of disciples. The scribes and Pharisees again questioned the behaviour of Jesus’s disciples, but this time a different aspect, not who they associated with, but a seeming lack of piety. Luk 5:33 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?“ Not satisfied with the answer, the scribes and Pharisees then asked Jesus a question. They were in effect questioning Jesus’s choice of disciples. The scribes and Pharisees thought that eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners was not appropriate behaviour for disciples of a religious teacher. Jesus stepped in to defend His disciples. Luk 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Luk 5:31 Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. This is a question directed at Jesus’s disciples. Luk 5:30 And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “ Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?“ And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. ![]() Luk 5:29 Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. So the context of the parable of the wineskins is Jesus choosing the twelve apostles.Īfter Jesus selected Levi, Levi held a great feast in his house, during which the scribes and Pharisees questioned both Jesus and His disciples about their behaviour. Then, in the next chapter, Luke 6:12-16, Jesus selects the twelve apostles. Later in the chapter, Luke 5:27-28, Jesus called a tax collector named Levi (Matthew) to be his disciple. The first part of the chapter, Luke 5:1-11, describes Jesus calling Simon Peter (and by inference his brother Andrew), James, and John to be His disciples. For this reason we will look at the passage in Luke.Īs always, when trying to understand Scripture it is important to look at the context. A further difference is that in Luke there is an additional enigmatic sentence at the end, not found in Matthew or Mark. The parable of the wineskins is found in Matthew 9:16-17, Mark 2:21-22, and Luke 5:36-39, but only in Luke is it referred to as a parable. What is the meaning of the parable of the wineskins?
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