Matthew 9:13

9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ 1  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 11:29

11:29 Take my yoke 2  on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 24:32

The Parable of the Fig Tree

24:32 “Learn 3  this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

1 sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7).

2 sn A yoke is a wooden bar or frame that joins two animals like oxen or horses so that they can pull a wagon, plow, etc. together. Here it is used figuratively of the restrictions that a teacher or rabbi would place on his followers.

3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.