13 Jesus went out to walk near Lake Galilee, and a massive crowed gathered, so he taught them. 14 As he walked along, he found Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, collecting taxes. He approached him and said, “Come follow me.” Immediately he got up from his booth and began to follow Jesus.
15 Later, Jesus and his disciples went to have a meal with Levi. Among the guests in Levi’s home were many tax collectors and notable sinners sharing a meal with Jesus, for there were many kinds of people who followed him. 16 But when the religious scholars and the Pharisees found out that Jesus was keeping company and dining with sinners and tax collectors, they were indignant. So they approached Jesus’ disciples and said to them, “Why is it that someone like Jesus defiles himself by eating with sinners and tax collectors?”
17 But when Jesus overheard their complaint, he said to them, “Who goes to the doctor for a cure? Those who are well or those who are sick? I have not come to call the ‘righteous,’ but to call those who are sinners and bring them to repentance.”
18 One time, the disciples of John the Baptizer and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that John’s disciples and disciples of the Pharisees are fasting but your disciples are not?”
19 Jesus answered, “How can the sons of the bridal chamber fast when the bridegroom is next to them? As long as the bridegroom is with them they won’t, 20 but the days of fasting will come when the Bridegroom is taken from them.
21 “And who would mend worn-out clothing with new fabric? When the new cloth shrinks, it will rip, making the tear worse than before. 22 And who would pour fresh, new wine into an old wineskin? Eventually the wine will ferment and make the wineskin burst, losing everything—the wine will be spilled and the wineskin ruined. Instead, new wine is always poured into new wineskins.”
Terrie's Comments:
I have always wondered why fasting is followed by a discussion on wine skins. I am thinking though that this is most likely a reference by Jesus to the mixing of Old and New covenant. If you mix old and new the old will ruin the new. You must leave the old behind to benefit from the new.
Tori's Comments:
We are no longer under a covenant where we are constantly "dirtying" ourselves and are in need of a sacrifice over and over again. Jesus's one sacrifice cleanses us to eternity! And now we are to go out as witnesses and preach the gospel to those who would have once dirtied us.
Day 11
- Read Luke 1:26-38
- Watch the Nativity Story together; talk about how it compares to the Biblical account
- Donate to a charity
- Bake cookies for one of your neighbours
- Go pick out a new Christmas book
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