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Matthew 11:28
28Come to me all of you who are tired. You are like people who have worked for a long time. You are like people who have carried heavy things. Come to me. If you do that, you will find a place to 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
26Yes, Father, this is how you wanted it to happen. 27My Father has given me authority over all things. Only the Father really knows me, his Son. Only I really know my Father, because I am his Son. I also choose to tell some people about him. Then they also know him. Come to me all of you who are tired. You are like people who have worked for a long time. You are like people who have carried heavy things. Come to me. If you do that, you will find a place to rest. 29Do what I teach you to do. Listen to my message and learn from me what is true. I am very kind and I do not make myself important. I will help you. Then you will have peace in your mind. 30I will not tell you to do things that are too difficult. I will not tell you to carry anything that is too heavy for you.’
Read all of Matthew 11Matthew 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 45:22So turn to me and I will make you safe. I say that to everybody all over the world. Turn to me, because I am God. There is nobody else like me.
- Isaiah 53:2God's servant grew up in front of him, like a young, green plant, with its roots in dry ground. He was not handsome. He did not seem like a great king. We did not see him as a special person. There was nothing to see that would make us want to be with him.
- Isaiah 55:1‘Listen! All of you who are thirsty, come here for water to drink! You may have no money, but come here and buy food to eat! Come and buy wine and milk! You do not need to pay any money. It is free!
- John 6:37Everyone that the Father gives to me will come to me. When anyone comes to me, I will never send that person away.
- John 7:37The last day of the festival was the most important day. On that day, Jesus stood up and he spoke with a loud voice. He said, ‘If anyone is thirsty, he should come to me so that he may drink.
- Revelation 22:17God's Spirit and all God's people answer Jesus. They say, ‘Yes, come!’ God's people are like a bride for Jesus. Everyone who hears this should also say to Jesus, ‘Come!’ Anyone who is thirsty should come to Jesus. Then that person will receive from Jesus the water that gives life. Anyone who wants it may take it. They will not have to pay anything for it.
- Matthew 23:4The rules that they give you are difficult to obey. Their rules are like heavy luggage, which they make you carry. But they themselves will not help you to carry that luggage. They will not agree to use even one finger to help you.
- Genesis 3:17Then God said to Adam, ‘You listened to your wife and you did what she said. You ate fruit from the tree after I told you, “You must not eat fruit from this tree.” Because you did that, I will curse the ground. You will have to work very hard to make plants grow in it for your food. It will be like this for your whole life.
- Job 5:7But trouble comes to everyone, as soon as they are born. It is as certain as smoke that rises from a fire.
- Job 14:1Everyone that a woman gives birth to lives only for a short time. The days of his life are full of trouble.
- Psalms 32:4In the day and in the night, you punished me very much. It seemed as if the hot sun was taking away my strength. Selah.
- Psalms 38:4My sin is too much for me! It is like a heavy weight, that I cannot carry.
- Psalms 90:7Your anger destroys us, and we become very afraid.
- Ecclesiastes 1:8Everything continues in the same way. There is nothing important to talk about. Nothing that we see is enough to make us happy. There are always more things that we want to hear.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22People have to do a lot of hard work on this earth and it causes them to worry. But in the end, they have nothing.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8There are people who live alone. They have no friends, children or brothers. They work hard every day. They want to get more riches for themselves. But they are never happy with the things that they have. They should ask themselves, ‘Why am I working so hard? Am I helping anybody? I am not doing things that make me happy.’ Their work has no purpose. It only brings trouble to their lives.
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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