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Matthew 11:28
28Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
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
26Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight. 27All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him]. Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls; 30for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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Δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι, κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 11:28
- Isaiah 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and there is none else.
- Isaiah 53:2For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
- Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price!
- John 6:37All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.
- John 7:37In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
- Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; he that will, let him take [the] water of life freely.
- Matthew 23:4but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.
- Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
- Job 5:7For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
- Job 14:1Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
- Psalms 32:4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- Psalms 38:4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.
- Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one [alone] and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.
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
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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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