What does Luke 5:35 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew in his Gospel says nothing of this great feast; the Spirit of God saw that it should not be forgotten. "When saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee?" Matthew 25:37. Advertise yourself and God will leave you unnoticed. You will have had your reward. Be content to do things, as Jesus appointed, and Matthew 6:4 will follow.

Let us not cling to the broken bottle-skins of the past, whether they be out-worn ceremonies, creeds or formulations of truth. Let the ferment of each great religious movement and new era express itself in its own way. We must not encourage the ill-judged speed of those who want to force the pace, and fling away the bottle-skins before they are done with. But if the bottle-skins have evidently served their purpose and lie discarded on the ground, that will not affect the vintage, which is reddening on the hills. Go and pick the fruit God is giving you, place it carefully in baskets and let it have new skins. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 5

¹  Jesus teaches the people out of Peter's ship;
⁴  shows how he will make them fishers of men;
¹²  cleanses the leper;
¹⁶  prays in the desert;
¹⁷  heals a paralytic;
²⁷  calls Matthew the tax collector;
²⁹  eats with sinners, as being the physician of souls;
³³  foretells the fasting and afflictions of the apostles after his ascension;
³⁶  and illustrates the matter by the parable of patches