But new wine into fresh wineskins (αλλα οινον νεον εις ασκους καινους). Westcott and Hort bracket this clause as a Western non-int…

And the disciples of John... used to fast.—Better, were fasting. See Notes on Matthew 9:14-17. The only differen…

The bottles were made of skin, and the wine put into them must be of a suitable kind. To prescribe fasting to His disciples, while He was making th…

Glossa Ordinaria: Just as the Master was previously accused before the disciples for keeping company with sinners at their fea…

The two parables in these verses were probably spoken on different occasions but both deal with a single theme. Obviously they bear on the question…

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles
By "old bottles" are meant, the Scribes and Pharisees, the whole, which…

Strict professors of faith are inclined to blame all who do not fully measure up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be w…