I do not believe Jesus was still on topic about answering the disciples of John the Baptist's on why His disciples were not fasting. He went on to speak of His future death and resurrection, and what that meant to "followers" of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 9:[SUP]14 [/SUP]Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?[SUP]15 [/SUP]And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. [SUP][SUP]16 [/SUP]No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.17 [/SUP]Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Mark 2:[SUP][SUP]21 [/SUP]No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.22 [/SUP]And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Luke 5:[SUP]36 [/SUP]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.[SUP] 37 [/SUP]And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.[SUP]38 [/SUP]But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
I believe Jesus was talking about salvation in how God was going to do this by making us new creatures able to hold the Holy Spirit to abide in us forever, thus a testimony that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe in Him.
2 Corinthians 5:[SUP]17 [/SUP]Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.[SUP]18 [/SUP]And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Galatians 6:[SUP]15 [/SUP]For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
We are a new creature in Christ thus new wine bottles.
1 Corinthians 6:[SUP]19 [/SUP]What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?[SUP] 20 [/SUP]For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
The new wine is the promise of the permanent indwelling Holy Ghost in us.
