(9:14–17) Some remaining disciples of John come to Jesus and ask why his disciples do not fast. Jesus responds with three analogies: the bridegroom’s attendants do not mourn when they are with the bridegroom; unshrunken cloth is not used to patch old garments; and new wine is not put into old wineskins. The implications of these three analogies is that the new work of God through the Christ should not be confined by the old ways of doing things. 9:14 John the Baptizer’s disciples