Fasting/Mourning/Hearing - In response to the question on why His disciples didn't fast like others, Jesus pointed out that there are things people don't do: Wedding guests don't fast, new cloth isn't used to patch an old garment, new wine isn't put into old wineskins, and new wine isn't preferred over old wine. Ritual fasting would give way to a new purpose for fasting, that is, to hear more clearly from God. It's about intimacy, not ritual.