Matthew 11:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For my reins [on your life] are easy [to respond to] and the burden I place [on you] is light.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good–not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.

American Standard Version (1901)

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Common English Bible

My yoke is easy to bear, and my burden is light.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.

Matthew 11:30 Cross References

Matthew 12:1

About that time Jesus was walking through a grain field on the Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry so began picking off some heads of grain to eat [the kernels]. [Note: It was an accepted practice for people in that day to be permitted to do this as they walked along paths bordering a grain field].

John 16:33

I have said these things to you so that you can have peace in [fellowship with] me. You will have trouble in the world, but cheer up, for I have conquered the world.”

Acts 15:10

Why are you putting God on trial by trying to harness the disciples with a burden [i.e., compliance with the Law of Moses], which neither our forefathers nor we could possibly bear?

Acts 15:28

For it was the judgment of the Holy Spirit, and we agreed, that no greater burden be placed on you people than the following necessary things:

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our insignificant troubles [here on earth], which last only a short time, are producing for us an immeasurable, never ending [counter-] weight of splendor [i.e., in heaven. See Rom. 8:18]

Galatians 5:1

Christ set us free [from condemnation under the Law of Moses], so we could stay free! Remain where you are then, and do not get tangled up again in the enslaving harness [of the Law of Moses].

Galatians 5:18

But, if you are led by [what] the Holy Spirit [wants you to do], you are not under [obligation to meet the requirements of] the Law of Moses.

Philippians 4:13

I can do everything through Christ, who gives me the strength.

1 John 5:3

For this is [real evidence of] our love for God: [It is] obeying what He commands us to do. And obeying His commands does not cause us any grief [or, unpleasantness].