Matthew 11:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.””
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“For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“for my yoke <FI>is<Fi> easy, and my burden is light.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Matthew 11:30 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 3:17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
- Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- Acts 15:10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
- Acts 15:28It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:
- 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- Galatians 5:18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
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