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Pentecost Season · Year A

Proper 8

June 28, 2026

The Mission of the Apostles, Battista Bissoni
The Mission of the Apostles, Battista Bissoni, 1631Santa Giustina, Padua
A north Italian altarpiece of the sending out, with the apostles receiving their commission and already turning to go in different directions.Whoever welcomes you welcomes me … whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.Battista BissoniA Paduan painter of the early seventeenth century who worked chiefly on church commissions in the Veneto.Santa Giustina, PaduaA vast Benedictine basilica in Padua with one of the largest church interiors in the world.Santa Giustina, Padua
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMatt. 10:40-42Mt 10:40-42
EpistleRom. 6:12-23Rom 6:12-23
Old TestamentGen. 22:1-14Gn 22:1-14Alt. OTJer. 28:5-9Jer 28:5-9
PsalterPs. 13Ps 13Alt. PsalmPs. 89:1-4, 15-18Ps 89:1-4, 15-18

Overview & Insights

“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.” (Matthew 10:40)

Jesus closes his mission discourse by tying the reception of his disciples to the reception of himself and of the Father who sent them. Even the smallest act of hospitality, a cup of cold water to a little one, carries a promised reward.

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Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 10:40-42Commentary on Mt 10:40-42 Working Preacher

The Lutheran lectionary commentary for this exact Year A passage.

Matthew 10:40-42 Sermon CommentaryMt 10:40-42 Sermon Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed preaching commentary keyed to this Sunday.

Matthew 10 CommentaryMt 10 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse evangelical exposition of the chapter.

Matthew 10 CommentaryMt 10 Commentary Precept Austin

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Matthew 10:40 Study DeskMt 10:40 Study Desk StudyLight

Aggregates dozens of classic and modern commentaries on the verse.

Matthew 10:40 CommentariesMt 10:40 Commentaries BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries gathered for the verse.

Seeing Christ, Proper 8 (A) Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church

An Episcopal sermon on welcoming and seeing Christ in others.

Background & Word Study

Matthew 10:40 InterlinearMt 10:40 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text with word by word parsing and Strong's numbers.

Gospel of Matthew OverviewGospel of Mt Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of Matthew's structure and themes.

The Church Fathers

Matthew 10 in the Church FathersMt 10 in the Church Fathers Catena

Patristic and medieval comments verse by verse.

Podcast

Sermon Brainwave: Ordinary 13 Working Preacher

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Art & Music

Art in the Christian Tradition Vanderbilt

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