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Matthew 11:29
29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls.
Matthew 11:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Context of Matthew 11:29
27All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Son except the Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son [deliberately] wills to reveal Him. 28“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation]. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls. 30For My yoke is easy [to bear] and My burden is light.”
Read all of Matthew 11Matthew 11:29 word by word
ἄρατε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς καὶ μάθετε ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ὅτι πραΰς εἰμι καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Takeαἴρωairō · to take upG142
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- yokeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- yokeζυγόςzugos · yoke/scalesG2218
- uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- youσύsu · youG4771
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- learnμανθάνωmanthanō · to learnG3129
- ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
- forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
- I amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- meekπραΰςpraus · gentleG4239
- lowlyταπεινόςtapeinos · lowlyG5011
- in heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- ye shall findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
- restἀνάπαυσιςanapausis · restG372
- untoψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
- soulsψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
Cross-references for Matthew 11:29
- Matthew 7:24“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.
- Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased and delighted! Listen to Him!”
- John 13:17If you know these things, you are blessed [happy and favored by God] if you put them into practice [and faithfully do them].
- John 14:21The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him].”
- John 15:10If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
- 1 Corinthians 9:21To those who are without (outside) the Law, [I became] as one without the Law, though [I am] not without the law of God, but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:2For you know what commandments and precepts we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
- Hebrews 5:9And having been made perfect [uniquely equipped and prepared as Savior and retaining His integrity amid opposition], He became the source of eternal salvation [an eternal inheritance] to all those who obey Him,
- Matthew 11:27All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Son except the Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son [deliberately] wills to reveal Him.
- Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”
- Luke 6:46“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not practice what I tell you?
- Luke 8:35And people came out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind (mentally healthy); and they were frightened.
- Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and was continually listening to His teaching.
- John 13:15For I gave you [this as] an example, so that you should do [in turn] as I did to you.
Commentaries on Matthew 11:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Take my yoke upon you - Strange paradox! that a man already weary and overloaded must take a new weight upon him, in order to be eased and find rest! But this advice is similar to that saying, Psalm 55:22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee; i.e. trust thy soul and concerns to him, and he will carry both thyself and thy load. I am meek and lowly in heart - Wherever pride and anger dwell, there is nothing but mental labor and agony…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Take my yoke - This is a figure taken from the use of oxen, and hence signifying to labor for one, or in the service of anyone. The “yoke” is used in the Bible as an emblem: (1)of bondage or slavery, Leviticus 26:13; Deuteronomy 28:38. (2)of afflictions or crosses, Lamentations 3:27. (3)of the punishment of sin, Lamentations 1:14, (4)of the commandments of God. (5)of legal ceremonies, Acts 15:10; Galatians 5:1. It refers here to the religion of the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-30Verses 25-30 It becomes children to be grateful. When we come to God as a Father, we must remember that he is Lord of heaven and earth, which obliges us to come to him with reverence as to the sovereign Lord of all; yet with confidence, as one able to defend us from evil, and to supply us with all good. Our blessed Lord added a remarkable declaration, that the Father had delivered into his hands all power, authority, and judgment. We are indebted to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30A yoke, which connects two animals, symbolizes the demands of being a disciple of Jesus. Unlike the "yoke" of religious leaders, the yoke of Jesus is easy and light. This is not because it demands less of a person (see 7:13–14). But it is because the Messiah's power through the Holy Spirit makes it possible (see Acts 15:10; 1 John 5:3). Israel's spiritual leaders imposed religious demands (see Matthew 23:4; Acts 15:10). This included 613 Old Testament…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Take my yoke upon you--the yoke of subjection to Jesus. and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls--As Christ's willingness to empty Himself to the uttermost of His Father's requirements was the spring of ineffable repose to His own Spirit, so in the same track does He invite all to follow Him, with the assurance of the same experience.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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