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Time after Pentecost · Proper 9 · Year A

Matthew 11:25-30

Come to Me and Find Rest

July 5, 2026

Christus Consolator, Ary Scheffer
Christus Consolator, Ary Scheffer, 1851Minneapolis Institute of Art
Christ at the centre with the suffering of the world brought to him, including, pointedly for 1851, an enslaved man in broken chains.Come to me, all you who are weary: Scheffer painted the invitation as a queue of specific, identifiable griefs.Ary SchefferA Dutch-born painter who worked in Paris, taught the royal children, and specialised in religious and literary subjects of great sentiment.Minneapolis Institute of ArtA Midwestern encyclopaedic museum founded in 1883 by a citizens' society, and free to enter.Minneapolis Institute of Art
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 11:25-30Mt 11:25-30
EpistleRom. 7:14-25aRom 7:14-25a
Old TestamentZech. 9:9-12Zec 9:9-12
PsalterPs. 145:1-14Ps 145:1-14

Overview & Insights

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)

Jesus praises the Father for revealing the kingdom to the childlike rather than the wise, and declares that the Father and the Son know each other fully. He invites the weary to come to him for rest, promising that his yoke is easy and his burden light.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30Working Preacher: Commentary on Mt 11:16-19, 25-30 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the Father's revelation and Jesus' invitation to rest.

Enduring Word: Matthew 11Enduring Word: Mt 11 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Matthew 11 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Mt 11 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed study page gathering many commentators on the easy yoke of Jesus.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Matthew 11:25BibleHub: Commentaries on Mt 11:25 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the Father revealing things to little ones.

StudyLight: Matthew 11 CommentariesStudyLight: Mt 11 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Matthew 11 gathered on one passage page.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Matthew 1-13 OverviewBibleProject: Mt 1-13 Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the first half of Matthew's Gospel and its design.

BibleHub: Matthew 11 InterlinearBibleHub: Mt 11 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Matthew 11Catena: Mt 11 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Matthew 11.

Worship & Prayers

The Lectionary Page: Proper 9A The Lectionary Page

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Podcast

Working Preacher: Sermon Brainwave Podcast Working Preacher

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Art & Music

Vanderbilt: Revised Common Lectionary Art Index Vanderbilt

Lectionary art index for visual reflection on the day's readings.

Study Hub

The Text This Week: Proper 9A Textweek

Curated study, art, and preaching hub for these readings in Year A.

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