Matthew 11:28

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“Man that 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, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

Psalm 32:4

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

Psalm 38:4

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

Psalm 94:13

to give him respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

a person who has no one, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

Isaiah 11:10

In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the peoples; him shall the nations seek, and his dwellings shall be glorious.

Isaiah 28:12

to whom he has said, “This is rest; give rest to the weary; and this is repose”; yet they would not hear.

Isaiah 61:3

to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the man to whom I will look, he that is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

Jeremiah 35:16

The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command which their father gave them, but this people has not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and 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 gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 23:4

They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

John 6:37

All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out.

John 7:37

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, “If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

Acts 15:10

Now therefore why do you make trial of 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 that by so toiling one 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

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to grant rest with us to you who are afflicted, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let him who hears say, “Come.” And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price.