# Matthew 11.30

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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>
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> **30. <span class="rl-speech">For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.</span>** (Matthew 11:28-30, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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>
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> **30. <span class="rl-speech">For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”</span>** (Matthew 11:28-30, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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>
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> **30. <span class="rl-speech">For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.</span>** (Matthew 11:28-30, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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>
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> **30. <span class="rl-speech">for my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.'</span>** (Matthew 11:28-30, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## 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._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Restlessness](/codex/argument-from-restlessness/), via [Matthew 11.28-30](/codex/matthew-11-28-30/)
- [Sabbath Breaking Stoning Objection Defeater](/codex/sabbath-breaking-stoning-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 11.28-30](/codex/matthew-11-28-30/)

**Concepts:**

- [Feeling Distant from God](/codex/feeling-distant-from-god/), via [Matthew 11.28-30](/codex/matthew-11-28-30/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 11.4-30](/codex/matthew-11-4-30/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G5544 - chrestotes](/codex/g5544-chrestotes/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## 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.