Matthew 11:30

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“For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.””

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BSBPD

“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 Domain
ASVPD

“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for my yoke <FI>is<Fi> easy, and my burden is light.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 11:30 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 3:17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
  2. 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?
  3. 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!”
  4. 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?
  5. Acts 15:28It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:
  6. 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.
  7. 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Galatians 5:18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
  11. Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
  12. 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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