Matthew 11:28

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

What this verse means

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” is Jesus’ invitation to the tired and overloaded to find rest in him. The rest he gives is relief for the soul, offered freely.

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

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“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

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“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

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“`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 11:28 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
  2. Job 5:7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
  3. Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
  4. Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
  5. Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
  6. Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
  7. Psalms 94:13to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
  8. Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
  9. Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
  10. Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
  11. Ecclesiastes 2:22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
  12. Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
  13. Isaiah 1:4Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
  14. Isaiah 11:10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
  15. Isaiah 28:12to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
  16. Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  17. Isaiah 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
  18. Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
  19. Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
  20. Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
  21. Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  22. Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
  23. Jeremiah 35:16Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
  24. Micah 6:6With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

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