Matthew 11:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

Cross References

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

John 7:37

On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.

John 6:37

Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.

Galatians 5:1

Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

Revelation 22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

Psalm 116:7

Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

Isaiah 28:12

To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

Matthew 23:4

They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.

Hebrews 4:1

Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

Psalm 38:4

For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

Isaiah 11:10

And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

Psalm 94:13

So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

Isaiah 61:3

To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

Acts 15:10

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

Job 5:7

But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

Psalm 32:4

For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

Isaiah 1:4

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

Job 14:1

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.

Acts 20:35

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Jeremiah 35:16

Though the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the orders of their father which he gave them, this people has not given ear to me: