Matthew 11:27-29
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.(A)
The Gentle Mastery of Christ. 28 [a]“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,[b] and I will give you rest. 29 [c](B)Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.
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- 11:28–29 These verses are peculiar to Matthew and are similar to Ben Sirach’s invitation to learn wisdom and submit to her yoke (Sir 51:23, 26).
- 11:28 Who labor and are burdened: burdened by the law as expounded by the scribes and Pharisees (Mt 23:4).
- 11:29 In place of the yoke of the law, complicated by scribal interpretation, Jesus invites the burdened to take the yoke of obedience to his word, under which they will find rest; cf. Jer 6:16.
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