Matthew 9:14-17
Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
15 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
16 "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. 17 Neither do men 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." (NIV)
Mark 2:18-22
Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?"
19 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
21 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins." (NIV)
Luke 5:33-39
They said to him, "John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking."
34 Jesus answered, "Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast."
36 He told them this parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he 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. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, "The old is better.'" (NIV)
  1. What is the question that Jesus is answering here?
    1. He was asked about the nature of the new covenant.
    2. He was asked about being born again.
    3. He was asked why John's disciples, and the disciples of the Pharisees, fast, but Jesus' do not.
    4. Both (b) and (c) above.

     

  2. Who is the bridegroom that Jesus is referring to?
    1. Himself.
    2. Any bridegroom, it doesn't matter.
    3. The Kings son.
    4. It doesn't matter, it is just an example.

     

  3. When will, or was, the bridegroom taken away?
    1. It is just a story, the bridegroom was not taken away.
    2. In the garden of Eden, back when the man and the woman fell from grace.
    3. When Jesus was crucified.
    4. When Israel left Egypt.

     

  4. What does the parable mean?
    1. It means that you must be born again to receive the new covenant.
    2. It means that a new covenant requires you to abandon the things that you do because of tradition and react to what is happening now.
    3. It means that drinking wine was okay under the old covenant, but only "new wine", that is, grape juice can be consumed under the new covenant.
    4. He means that you should no longer listen to the Old Testament now that the New Testament has come.

     

  5. What does Jesus mean by pouring new wine into new wineskins?
    1. He means that you should read the Bible without preconceived ideas about what it means, and let it form you into what it wants.
    2. He means that Christians should not drink alcoholic wine.
    3. He means that Christians should fast old wine, but not new wine.
    4. He means that we should not let old sins soil our new birth.

     

  6. What does Jesus mean by not patching an old garment with material removed from a new garment?
    1. He means that we should not try to fix our old life, but we should abandon it for a new life.
    2. He means that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
    3. He means that if you do, you will ruin the new shirt and the old shirt.
    4. He means that you should not try to correct the problems of the old covenant, with revelations brought with the new covenant.

     

  7. What does Jesus mean by saying, "And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, "The old is better'"?
    1. He means that the old covenant is better than the new.
    2. He means that if someone is happy with the way things are now then they will not listen to correction.
    3. He means that if you are a drunk you will not like unfermented grape juice.
    4. He means that aged wine is better tasting that new wine.

     

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