the wine will burst | the skins burst, and| into old the skins, and the | the wine is spilled,| [2]wine-skins; wine perisheth, and | and the skins | else the new wine the skins: but _they| perish: but they put| will burst the put_ new wine into | new wine into fresh | skins, and itself fresh wine-skins. | wine-skins, and both| will be spilled, | are preserved. | and the skins will | |38 perish. But new | | wine must be put | | into fresh | |39 wine-skins. And no | | man having drunk | | old _wine_ | | desireth new: for | | he saith, The old | | is [3]good. [Footnote 1: Some ancient authorities omit _oft_.] [Footnote 2: That is, _skins used as bottles_.] [Footnote 3: Many ancient authorities read _better_.] [Footnote a: It was probably the presence of the disciples of Christ at Matthew's feast on one of the Jewish fast days that occasioned the complaint of John's disciples and the Pharisees. It is sad to see disciples of John aligned with the Pharisees against Jesus.] [Footnote b: Note the use of the term parable in Luke. There are three parables (the sons of the bride-chamber, the new patch on an old garment, the new wine in old wine-skins) here together. A few isolated ones have already occurred as in John 2:19.] _In sections 49 to 51 we see the Pharisees attacking Jesus both in Jerusalem and in Galilee with great hostility and with the purpose of killing him because of violation of the Pharisaic regulations about the Sabbath. Jesus defends himself and his disciples by various arguments and personal claims._ § 49. AT A FEAST IN JERUSALEM (POSSIBLY THE PASSOVER) JESUS HEALS A LAME MAN ON THE SABBATH AND DEFENDS THIS ACTION TO THE PHARISEES IN A GREAT DISCOURSE John 5:1-47