Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Parable of the Landowner

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and he leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.

they gave Him wine mixed with bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

And immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”

Parable of the Vine-growers

And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.

And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

And no one, after drinking old wine wants new; for he says, ‘The old is fine.’”

For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

The soldiers also ridiculed Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,

When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.”

Now when the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the groom,

and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the guests are drunk, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

Healing an Official’s Son

Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum.

A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.

Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

But others were jeering and saying, “They are full of sweet wine!”

It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother or sister stumbles.

And do not get drunk with wine, in which there is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

not overindulging in wine, not a bully, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.