"The disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" Seems like Jesus could have answered straight away and in brief, but as He is like to do, he answers in a way that invites John's disciples and us as well, to look into Scripture (meaning, "Moses, the writings and the prophets"). Beginning with Leviticus and the prophets and announced in the Gospel of Luke, we see Jesus not just declaring He is the Bridegroom of Israel as God refers to Himself, but ushers in the Great Jubilee with His Incarnation and thus the festal gathering of a (the) wedding.