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However, ‘law’ is the translation of the Hebrew ‘torah’, which means: It is usual to speak of the laws from the Old Testament, which are imposed and must be obeyed, with punishment for every transgression. The reason for this parable is the question posed by John’s disciples to Jesus as to why His disciples do not fastĬan you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them in those days they will fast.” (Luke 5:34-35)Īnd Jesus then tells the parable to indicate that He is shedding new light on the teaching of the Old Testament. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.Īnd no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’
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Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined.
Old wineskin Patch#
Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.Īnd no one pours new wine into old wineskins. No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. The Gospel of Luke gives the most complete text. The parable of the wineskins is to be found in three Gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke.