parable of the patch and wine skins in scripture

“And when the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax-gatherers, they began saying to His disciples, ‘Why is He eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?’” (Mark 2:16) Well, why was he? They were certainly careful never to harbor such unsavory associations. The religious leaders of the day disapproved. “Hey, I want you all to meet this great guy who changed my life.” Of course Matthew wanted all his friends to be in attendance too just like any of us would. Up front though, we need to understand why Jesus told this particular parable because it’s hard to decipher correctly unless you know what went before it.Īfter Levi (called Matthew), who was a professional tax gatherer, had responded to Christ’s call to follow him, he invited Jesus to his house for dinner. You might wonder why I’m opening with questions about change but that will become apparent later.

Have you ever had a major upheaval to your way of life that you later appreciated? Why? How does your reaction to change usually manifest itself? How do you usually react to change? Do you like it or endure it? And no one puts new wine into old wineskins otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins as well but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.’” Mark 2:21-22 “’No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.

Parable of the patch and wine skins in scripture