Matthew 11:30

The Passion Translation

For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.”

Cross References

1 John 5:3

True love for God means obeying his commands, and his commands don’t weigh us down as heavy burdens.

John 16:33

And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in me. For in this unbelieving world you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must be courageous, for I have conquered the world!”

Galatians 5:1

At last we have freedom, for Christ has set us free! We must always cherish this truth and firmly refuse to go back into the bondage of our past.

Galatians 5:18

But when you yield to the life of the Spirit, you will no longer be living under the law, but soaring above it!

Acts 15:10

So why on earth would you now limit God’s grace by placing a yoke of religious duties on the shoulders of the believers that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

2 Corinthians 4:17

We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the light of eternity. We see our difficulties as the substance that produces for us an eternal, weighty glory far beyond all comparison,

Acts 15:28

“For it pleases the Holy Spirit and us that we not place any unnecessary burden on you, except for the following restrictions:

Proverbs 3:17

The ways of wisdom are sweet, always drawing you into the place of wholeness.

Matthew 12:1

One Saturday, on the day of rest, Jesus and his disciples were walking through a field of wheat. The disciples were hungry, so they plucked off some heads of grain and rubbed them in their hands to eat.