Matthew 11:30 - English Standard Version 2016 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.