Remigius of Auxerre, on Matt 9:14

“Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?”

“By the old garment He means His disciples, who had not yet been renewed in all things. The patch of undressed, that is, of new cloth, means the new grace, that is, the Gospel doctrine, of which fasting is a portion; and it was not meet that the stricter ordinances of fasting should be entrusted to them, lest they should be broken down by their severity, and forfeit that faith which they had; as He adds, It taketh its wholeness from the garment, and the rent is made worse.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.