Matthew 11:28

Matthew 11:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• New International Version (NIV)“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Context of Matthew 11:28

26Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure. 27All 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 anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him. “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Matthew 11:28 word by word

Δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι, κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Comeδεῦτεdeute · comeG1205
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that labourκοπιάωkopiaō · to laborG2872
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• are heavy ladenφορτίζωphortizō · to burdenG5412
• and Iκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• will giveἀναπαύωanapauō · to give restG373
• youσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for Matthew 11:28

• Isaiah 45:22Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other.
• Isaiah 53:2He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him.
• Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!
• John 6:37Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.
• John 7:37On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
• Revelation 22:17Both the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let anyone who hears, say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who desires take the water of life freely.
• Matthew 23:4They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.
• Genesis 3:17And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life.
• Job 5:7But humans are born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
• Job 14:1Anyone born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.
• Psalms 32:4For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat.Selah
• Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
• Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
• Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are wearisome, more than anyone can say. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing.
• Ecclesiastes 2:22For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?
• Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “Who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself of good things?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

Commentaries on Matthew 11:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Come unto me - This phrase in the new covenant implies simply, believing in Christ, and becoming his disciple, or follower. All ye that labor and are heavy laden - The metaphor here appears to be taken from a man who has a great load laid upon him, which he must carry to a certain place: every step he takes reduces his strength, and renders his load the more oppressive. However, it must be carried on; and he labors, uses his utmost exertions, to reach the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28All ye that labour and are heavy laden - The Saviour here, perhaps, refers primarily to the Jews, who groaned under the weight of their ceremonial laws and the traditions of the elders, Acts 15:10. He tells them that by coming to him, and embracing the new system of religion, they would be freed from these burdensome rites and ceremonies. There can be no doubt, however, that he meant here chiefly to address the poor, lost, ruined sinner: the man…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. 28The heavy burdens were probably caused by the legal demands of the religious teachers and Pharisees (see Matthew 23:4). rest: This means spiritual refreshment, either now or in the future (compare 1:21; Hebrews 4:8–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest--Incomparable, ravishing sounds these--if ever such were heard in this weary, groaning world! What gentleness, what sweetness is there in the very style of the invitation--"Hither to Me"; and in the words, "All ye that toil and are burdened," the universal wretchedness of man is depicted, on both its sides--the active and the passive forms of it.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 11:28

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faith
• Gifts from God
• Jesus, the Christ
• Penitent
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Easy
• Justify
• Learn
• Lowly
• Meek
• Mighty
• Noah
• Pipe
• Rest

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