Matthew 9:14 says, Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?  First, we are told of people coming to Jesus and bringing others who needed to be healed, and Jesus healing some.  Then, we had the Pharisees coming to Jesus and accusing Him of blasphemy.  Now, we have the disciples of John the Baptist, grouping themselves with the Pharisees, coming to Jesus questioning His obedience to the law of God.  Though the disciples of John the Baptist were baptized into repentance, they still did not understand Who Jesus was.  There may be those today who come to a partial knowledge of Who Jesus is, but until they accept Him as Savior and Lord, they will never be free from attempting to justify themselves before God.  These disciples of John the Baptist questioned why Jesus and His disciples did not fast as the Pharisees and they did.  It may be that they were claiming a moral superiority by the fact of their actions.  We should never act morally superior to any other Christian, and we definitely should never act morally superior if we ourselves have not come to a saving knowledge of Who Jesus is and that salvation comes by faith in Him alone.  Verse fifteen asks, And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.  In this analogy, Jesus is the bridegroom.  He was only to be on the earth for a short time, and He was more concerned with fulfilling the law than observing all of the limitations that had come to be associated with the law.  Jesus said that there would be time to fast when the bridegroom was taken away.  Though His earthly ministry was short, we should celebrate the fact that once we accept Jesus as Savior and Lord, He will never be taken away from us.  Verse sixteen states, No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.  Jesus was telling us that He wasn't here to be a new patch on the law of God.  He wasn't sent to repair the law, which people had continually broken, but to fulfill the requirements of the law and bring salvation by faith in Him.  Verse seventeen says, Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.  Jesus stated that just as new wine is put in new bottles to preserve both the old and the new wine, He came with a new covenant, not to destroy the old covenant, but that both could be preserved.  Jesus did not follow all the rules and regulations that had become associated with the old covenant, because people could not be saved by the law.  Still, He fulfilled all the requirements of the law, which was never based on people's actions, but instead on their relationship with God.  Jesus alone was able to meet all the requirements of this perfect relationship.