Matthew 11:30 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. More versionsKing 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. |
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the cornfields; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck ears of corn, and to eat.
These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Now therefore why tempt ye God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
With freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.