Matthew 9:14-17 ~ the Bridegroom is with them

Jesus teaches by the sea, painted by James Tissot. 3D.

Matthew 9:14-17

English Standard Version, David Cochran Audio

14 Then the disciples of John came to him (Jesus) , saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”

Oblation - an offering. In Communion, it is when the bread and wine become an offertory. We always have Jesus, the Bridegroom, with us. Especially when we earnestly put out our hearts and ask Him to direct us, or be with us.

Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.


Matthew 28:20
behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age


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Other Scripture for Today Blogspot readings on Matthew 9:14-17 and new wine:
January 18, 2010
July 5, 2008
January 19, 2011


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