Jesus
Speaks From Peter’s Boat {Luke’s version of the calling of the first
disciples.}
Jesus
climbed into a boat owned by Simon and asked him to row out a little way from
shore, so he could teach the crowds. When he had finished, he told Simon to row
out deeper and put down his nets.
Simon
said, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything, but I
will do as you say.” They caught such a mass of fish that their nets began to
break. They signaled their partners, James and John, sons of Zebedee, in
another boat to come and help. They filled both boats and began to sink. When
Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ feet and said, “Get away from me, Lord.
I’m a sinful man!”
Jesus
said, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” So they pulled their
boats up on shore, left everything, and followed him.
John
the Baptist’s Disciples {Matthew and Mark}
Some
of John the Baptist’s disciples came and asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples
fast as we and the Pharisees do?”
Jesus
answered, “The guests of the bridegroom don’t mourn while they’re with him. In
time he will be taken from them. Then they will fast. If an unshrunk cloth is
used to patch an old garment, the patch will shrink and worsen the tear. In the
same vein, if new wine is poured into old wineskins, the skin will burst and
both wine and wineskin will be ruined. Pour new wine into new wineskins to
preserve both.”
{Luke}
(His rendition is slightly different.) No one tears a patch from a new garment
to mend an old one. It ruins the first and doesn’t match the new. (He adds to
the wineskin parable): After drinking the old wine, no one wants the new.
Personal
Thought:
Is Jesus saying that old traditions don’t apply to him and his disciples
because they are something new and shouldn’t be compared? People like the old,
“aged” wine better. Does that mean people have to get used to Jesus before
they’ll accept him?
Next
time on The Point of the Gospel—John’s
rendition of the calling of the disciples.
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