# Matthew 11.28-30

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 26. <span class="rl-speech">Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, save the Father; neither does any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomever the Son willeth to reveal him.</span>
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> **28. <span class="rl-speech">Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.</span>** (Matthew 11:26-30, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 26. <span class="rl-speech">Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>
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> **28. <span class="rl-speech">“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”</span>** (Matthew 11:26-30, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 26. <span class="rl-speech">Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.</span>
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> **28. <span class="rl-speech">Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.</span>** (Matthew 11:26-30, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 26. <span class="rl-speech">Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">'All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him].</span>
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> **28. <span class="rl-speech">'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">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,</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">for my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.'</span>** (Matthew 11:26-30, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Religious Experience](/codex/argument-from-religious-experience/), via [Matthew 11.28](/codex/matthew-11-28/)
- [Argument from Restlessness](/codex/argument-from-restlessness/)
- [Evil God Objection Defeater](/codex/evil-god-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 11.28](/codex/matthew-11-28/)
- [God Created Me Knowing I Would Reject Him Objection Defeater](/codex/god-created-me-knowing-i-would-reject-him-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 11.28](/codex/matthew-11-28/)
- [Sabbath Breaking Stoning Objection Defeater](/codex/sabbath-breaking-stoning-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [100 Verses of Compassion and God's Goodness](/codex/100-verses-of-compassion-and-gods-goodness/), via [Matthew 11.28](/codex/matthew-11-28/)
- [Feeling Distant from God](/codex/feeling-distant-from-god/)
- [Hyper-Calvinism](/codex/hyper-calvinism/), via [Matthew 11.28](/codex/matthew-11-28/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 11.4-30](/codex/matthew-11-4-30/)
- [Meaning-Centered Evangelism](/codex/meaning-centered-evangelism/), via [Matthew 11.28](/codex/matthew-11-28/)
- [Repentance](/codex/g3341-metanoia/), via [Matthew 11.28](/codex/matthew-11-28/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.