SIMPLE QUESTION, NOT VERY SIMPLE ANSWER
"Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
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.
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.
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." (Mat. 9:14-17, KJV)
*“The unfulled cloth signifies Christ from His incarnation to His crucifixion, as a piece of new cloth, untreated, unfinished; whereas the new garment in Luke 5:36 signifies Christ as a new robe after He was "treated" in His crucifixion. (The Greek word for new*in Luke 5:36 is the same as for fresh*in Matt. 9:17.) Christ first was the unfulled cloth for making a new garment, and then through His death and resurrection was made a new garment to cover us as our righteousness before God that we might be justified by God and be acceptable to Him (Luke 15:22; Gal. 3:27; 1 Cor. 1:30).” RcV, footnote 9:16.1)
This is another aberrant example of following an allegorical method! What was the simple question the disciples of John asked? “Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?” What was the Lord's answer? It was not appropriate for His disciples to fast at that time, as it is was not appropriate to put a piece of new cloth on an old garment or to put new wine in old bottles. But when the Lord Jesus will leave them, then it would be a right thing to fast. Simple question, simple answer. Not for W.L. He was able to discover a hidden meaning. It really requires God's inspiration or a vivid imagination to be able to come up with such interpretation.
I spare you the other footnotes that deal with this passage.