Accustomed To Its Taste

Luke 5:36-39 ESV

36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good. ’” 

The cup lifted by Jesus contains new wine, the grace and truth of God. The Pharisees were sipping on the old wine, though it was no longer good and had turned bitter. They had grown accustomed to its taste.