Matthew 11:28

Exhaustion Rest and sabbath Comfort Following Jesus

²⁶ Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

²⁷ All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

Come to Me, all you who are weary and 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.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
KJV: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
WEB: “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
ASV: Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
DARBY: Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.
BLB: Come to Me, all those toiling and burdened, and I will give you⁺ rest.

ÅB: «Kom til meg, alle dere som strever og bærer tunge byrder, og jeg vil gi dere hvile!
OTB: «Kom til meg, alle som er trette og bærer tunge byrder, og jeg vil gi dere hvile.
B1930: Kom til mig, alle I som strever og har tungt å bære, og jeg vil gi eder hvile!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Short explanation

Jesus invites all who are weary and carry heavy burdens to come to him for rest. It is an invitation, not a demand.

Context: Jesus goes on to say that his yoke is easy and his burden light.

See also: Matthew 11:29, Psalms 55:22

The explanation was written by an AI and has not yet been reviewed by a person. All explanations

Cross references

Matthew 11:29
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.
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John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
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John 6:37
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
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Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
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Isaiah 55:1–3
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
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Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
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Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
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Isaiah 48:17–18
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
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