WHAT IT MEANS
Come to Jesus
Jesus invites the weary and burdened to come to Him for rest.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
CONTEXT
What is happening here?
The invitation follows teaching about knowing the Father through the Son and contrasts Jesus’ gentle yoke with crushing spiritual burdens.
APPLY IT
For today
Bring your exhaustion to Christ honestly, and learn His way instead of carrying everything alone.
Read it in 5 translations
KJV King James Version
Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
WEB World English Bible
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
ASV American Standard Version
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,
Surrounding context — Matthew 11
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].
28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 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.
30 For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.
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Cross-references
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.John 7:37In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.John 6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.Isaiah 55:1-3Ho, 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.Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.Isaiah 48:17-18Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go.Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].Psalm 116:7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.Isaiah 28:12To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.Isaiah 45:22-25Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.Matthew 23:4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on men’s shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers.Hebrews 4:1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.Micah 6:6-8Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?Isaiah 66:2For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Psalm 38:4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.Ecclesiastes 2:22-23For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?2 Thessalonians 1:7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
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