Matthew 11:29

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 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. 28“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take 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 11:29 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“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him!”
• John 13:17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
• John 14:21The one who has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father. I also will love him and will reveal myself to him.”
• John 15:10If you keep my commands you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
• 1 Corinthians 9:21To those who are without the law, like one without the law — though I am not without God’s law but under the law of Christ — to win those without the law.
• 2 Corinthians 10:5and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:2For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8when he takes vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• Hebrews 5:9After he was perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,
• Matthew 11:27All 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.
• Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
• Luke 6:46“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say?
• Luke 8:35Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’s feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.
• Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what he said.
• John 13:15For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done for 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

Topics related to Matthew 11:29

• Faith
• Gentleness
• Heart
• Humility
• Jesus, the Christ
• Meekness
• Penitent
• Rest
• Salvation
• Yoke

In the dictionaries

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• Mighty
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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