--- title: "Matthew 11:28-30 | Bible Nudge" description: "Read Matthew 11:28-30 in the World English Bible and King James Version, with what surrounds the passage and a question to sit with." url: "https://biblenudge.com/context/matthew-11-28-30" lang: "en" image: "https://biblenudge.com/og/default.jpg" alternates: es: "https://biblenudge.com/es/contexto/mateo-11-28-30.md" --- [Your nudge](https://biblenudge.com/nudge) Read the passage # Matthew 11:28-30 World English Bible 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 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. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. In the King James Version 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 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. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. King James Version (Public Domain) ## What surrounds this passage In Matthew 11, Jesus speaks to people carrying heavy burdens and invites them to come to him and learn from him. The invitation does not deny difficulty; it names Jesus as gentle and humble and continues into a way of life with him. The verses on either side Matthew 11:25-30, World English Bible 1. At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants. 2. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. 3. All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him. 4. “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 5. 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. 6. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” A question to sit with What burden are you trying to carry alone? Why this one, and not these 3 passages were considered for this and turned down, each for a reason written at the time. Psalm 23 It is a meaningful passage about God's care, but its wider imagery would require more contextual explanation than this first bounded anxiety record provides. Philippians 4:4-9 It speaks directly to anxiety, but its exhortational language can be heard as pressure when presented without fuller pastoral context. It remains a candidate for a separately reviewed record. Isaiah 40:31 Its emphasis is better suited to perseverance and renewed strength than to an immediate emotional burden. It may fit a separately reviewed weariness record. Written about this passage - [Bible Verses for Anxiety and Overthinking: An Invitation to Rest](https://biblenudge.com/blog/bible-verses-for-anxiety-and-overthinking) Matthew 11:28-30 is an invitation to people carrying too much, and it asks nothing of a busy mind first. 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What Hebrews 10:25 Says in Its Setting, What Traditions Teach, and Matthew 11:28-30 for the Guilt](https://biblenudge.com/blog/is-it-a-sin-to-not-go-to-church) Worried about missing church? You are not condemned here. Hebrews 10:25 in its setting, what traditions teach, and Matthew 11:28-30. - [Is It a Sin to Smoke Weed? What the Bible Says and Does Not Name, How Churches Read It, Cannabis and Anxiety, and Matthew 11 for the Burden](https://biblenudge.com/blog/is-it-a-sin-to-smoke-weed) You are not condemned for asking. What the Bible names, how churches read cannabis, what health sources say about anxiety, Matthew 11:28-30 for the burden, and where to find help. - [Short Bible Verses for Anxiety: A Line to Carry, and the Passage It Comes From](https://biblenudge.com/blog/short-bible-verses-for-anxiety) Short Bible verses for anxiety to keep on a phone or a note: Matthew 11:28, 1 Peter 5:7, Psalm 56:3 and more, each with who said it and the verses around it. - [Should You Tithe on Gross or Net? What a Tithe Was, What Churches Teach, Free Money Help, and Matthew 11:28-30](https://biblenudge.com/blog/should-you-tithe-on-gross-or-net) Pay stub and calculator out, or a giving card in your hand? What a tithe was, what churches teach about gross and net, free money help, and Matthew 11:28-30. - [What Does the Bible Say About Anxiety? 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