Matthew 11:25-30
The Son reveals the Father and gives rest to the weary who come to Him and take His gentle yoke.
25 At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
26 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
28 “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
The Son reveals the Father and gives rest to the weary who come to him and take his gentle yoke.
Matthew records Jesus praising the Father for revealing kingdom truth to little children, declaring the Son’s unique authority to reveal the Father, and inviting the weary and burdened to come to him for rest under his gentle yoke.
Jesus speaks after pronouncing woes on unrepentant Galilean towns.
The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary
Jesus is the promised Messiah and revealer of the Father, rejected by the proud but received by the humble, who calls the weary to find true rest under his gentle yoke.