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Matthew 11:28-30 KJV
Matthew · chapter 11 · verses 28–30
28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.Matthew 11:28-30 · King James Version
What Matthew 11:28-30 means
Rest is offered and then a yoke is handed over, which sounds like a contradiction until you notice whose yoke it is. A yoke is for working alongside. He is not offering no load. He is offering a lighter one, carried next to somebody who knows the field.
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Matthew 11:28-30 in context
26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27All 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.
28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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.
30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Commentary
Cross references
- Matthew 11:29
- John 7:37
- John 6:37
- Galatians 5:1
- Isaiah 55:1-3
- Revelation 22:17
- Isaiah 48:17-18
- Jeremiah 6:16
- 1 John 2:6
- Philippians 2:7-8
- John 13:15
- Luke 6:46-48
Key words (Strong's)
- labourkopiaōto grow weary, tired, exhausted , to labour with wearisome effort, to toil, of bodily…G2872 →
- burdenphortiona burden, load, of the freight or lading of a ship, metaph., of burdensome rites, of the…G5413 →
- ladenphortizōto place a burden upon, to load, metaph. to load one with a burdenG5412 →
- learnmanthanōto learn, be apprised, to increase one's knowledge, to be increased in knowledge, to…G3129 →
- lowlytapeinosnot rising far from the ground, metaph., as a condition, lowly, of low degree, brought…G5011 →
- heartkardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- Comedeutecome hither, come here, come, interjection, come!, come now!G1205 →
- giveanapauōto cause or permit one to cease from any movement or labour in order to recover and…G373 →
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In these verses we have Christ looking up to heaven, with thanksgiving to his Father for the sovereignty and security of the covenant of redemption;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-30