A lady was an usher and guard at the door during services when I was a kid. She would give the children candy or pinches on the arm during the service, depending on whether they behaved well or poorly (I don’t remember getting candy from her).
Right after Jesus asked his disciples who he was for them and got different answers, Peter’s answer excited everyone the most.
When the disciples went to the community to ask them about Jesus, “Who do you say he is?
Jesus asked his disciples to ask the people around them, “Who do you say He is?”
Just as no one mourns at a wedding, no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old dress or new wine into old wineskins.
Jesus is issuing a warning mainly to his disciples of the time to come and, in a certain way, is announcing his death and that he will not be with them.
It was not a time for weeping or mourning, as fasting was generally associated with prayer, mourning, and crying.
Fasting is essentially giving up food (or something else) for a period of time in order to focus your thoughts on God.
The corrupt thief is having a great and special day in his life and has invited other people like him and people he commonly lived with and invites them to a great dinner to introduce them to his new friend and now teacher.
In Jesus’ time, there was a particular group of people who were considered unwelcome. One of those groups was the tax collectors.