“Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.” –Matthew 11:1

Christ had directed his disciples to preach (ch. 10:7), yet he did not leave off preaching himself. He set them to work, not for his own ease, but for the ease of the country, and was not the less busy for employing them. How unlike are they to Christ, who yoke others only that they may themselves be idle! Note, the increase and multitude of laborers in the Lord's work should be made not an excuse for our negligence, but an encouragement to our diligence. The busier others are, the busier we should be, and all little enough, so much work is there to be done. Observe, he went to preach in their cities, which were populous places; he cast the net of the gospel where there were most fish to be enclosed. Wisdom cries in the cities (Prov. 1:21), at the entry of the city (Prov. 8:3), in the cities of the Jews, even of them who made light of him, who notwithstanding had the first offer.

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Oracio