Mat 11:25-27 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Matt 11:25-30: 11:25-30 This passage focuses on the remnant who, despite the present generation’s overall rejection of the Messiah, willingly embrace him and follow his teachings. 11:25 those who think themselves wise and clever: The Pharisees and teachers of religious law thought their access to God was guaranteed through their knowledge and practice of the law. Jesus’ disciples were more childlike (see 21:15-16 ).

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‏ Matthew 11:25-27

Summary for Matt 11:25-30: 11:25-30 ^a This passage focuses on the remnant who, despite the present generation’s overall rejection of the Messiah, willingly embrace him and follow his teachings. 11:25 ^b those who think themselves wise and clever: The Pharisees and teachers of religious law thought their access to God was guaranteed through their knowledge and practice of the law. Jesus’ disciples were more childlike (see 21:15-16 ^c).
11:27 ^d Jesus was revealing his intimate relationship to the Father. Everything he said and did was rooted in this Father–Son unity (see John 10:14-15 ^e; 14:6-7 ^f; 15:23-24 ^g; 16:15 ^h; 17:25-26 ⁱ).