Matthew 11:29

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“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

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‘Take my yoke upon you and learn from me… and you will find rest for your souls’—following Jesus brings true rest.

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“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

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“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 11:29 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 12:3Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
  2. 2 Chronicles 10:11Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
  3. Psalms 131:1My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
  4. Isaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
  5. 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!’
  6. Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem!See, your King comes to you,righteous and victorious,humble and riding on a donkey,on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  7. Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  8. Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  9. Matthew 12:19He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
  10. Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
  11. Matthew 21:5“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
  12. Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
  13. Luke 6:46Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
  14. Luke 8:35So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
  15. Luke 9:51As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
  16. Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
  17. John 13:15I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
  18. John 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
  19. John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  20. John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
  21. Acts 3:22For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
  22. Acts 7:37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
  23. 1 Corinthians 9:21To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
  24. 2 Corinthians 10:1Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

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