新布與新酒 — 馬太福音讀經隨筆 第9章

第九章第14—17節耶穌說新布不能補在舊衣服上，新酒不能裝在舊皮袋裏。可見，這兩個比喻說清楚了新舊約的關係。新約不是舊約的補丁，而是舊約的替代；新約的履行也不能放在一個舊人裏，舊人需要首先否定全部的舊我去跟隨耶穌。耶穌的門徒不需要去做法利賽人所做的舊約禁食。但是如果耶穌離開他們，他們就要禁“食”，因為“吃了”法利賽人和文士律法師的教導會失去“生命”。

太9:16 沒有人把新布補在舊衣服上．因為所補上的、反帶壞了那衣服、破的就更大了。
No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
太9:17 也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裏．若是這樣、皮袋就裂開、酒漏出來、連皮袋也壞了．惟獨把新酒裝在新皮袋裏、兩樣就都保全了。
Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
來8:13 既說新約，就以前約為舊了。但那漸舊漸衰的、就必快歸無有了。
In that he says, "A new covenant," he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.
太16:24 於是耶穌對門徒說、若有人要跟從我、就當舍己背起他的十字架來跟從我。
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.