A teacher read to her class the text, “My yoke is easy.”

“Who can tell me what a yoke is?” she asked.

To be a disciple is to identify with Jesus

Gospel: Matthew 10: 37-42
Whoever receives you receives me
Whoever gives only a cup of water to one of these little ones to drink because the little one is disciple—amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.

In Christianity, the term Five Discourses of Matthew refers to five specific discourses by Jesus within the Gospel of Matthew. These five discourses are, according to some scholars, meant to reflect/recall the first five books of the Jewish Scriptures.

Chapter 10 of Matthew is the entire second discourse of Jesus of which today’s Gospel is a part. It sometimes helps to see the context of the Sunday reading:

When doing what God calls you to do, do not be afraid

Gospel: Matthew 10: 26–33
Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.