Matthew 11:28

Modern English Version

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

Job 5:7

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Psalm 116:7

Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

Psalm 32:4

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was turned into the drought of summer.   Selah

Psalm 38:4

For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Psalm 94:13

so that You may give him rest from the days of adversity, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, everything is vanity and like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All matters are wearisome. A person is not able to speak to them. The eye is not satisfied with what it sees, and the ear is not content with what it hears.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person who is alone, having neither son nor brother; there is not an end to all his toil, and his eyes are not satisfied with riches. He asks, “For whom do I labor and cause my life to lack good things?” This also is vanity and a burdensome task.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are estranged and backward.

Isaiah 11:10

In that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, who shall stand as a banner to the peoples. For him shall the nations seek. And his rest shall be glorious.

Isaiah 28:12

He who said to them, “This is the rest. Give rest to the weary,” and, “This is repose,” yet they would not listen.

Isaiah 61:3

to preserve those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand made all those things, thus all those things have come to be, says the Lord. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul.

Jeremiah 35:16

Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rekab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them, but this people has not obeyed Me.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths where the good way is and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, “We will not walk in it.”

Matthew 11:29

Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me. For I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 23:4

They fasten heavy loads that are hard to carry and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

John 6:37

All whom the Father gives Me will come to Me, and he who comes to Me I will never cast out.

John 7:37

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

Acts 15:10

Now then, why test God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 20:35

In all things I have shown you how, working like this, you must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’  ”

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has set us free, and be not entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, since the promise of entering His rest remains, let us fear lest any of you should seem to come short of it.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let him who hears say, “Come.” Let him who is thirsty come. Let him who desires take the water of life freely.