Matthew 11:30 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 11:30

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

And how is the Gospel lighter than the Law, seeing in the Law murder and adultery, but under the Gospel anger and concupiscence also, are punished? Because by the Law many things are commanded which the Apostle fully teaches us cannot be fulfilled; by the Law works are required, by the Gospel the will is sought for, which even if it goes not into act, yet does not lose its reward. The Gospel commands what we can do, as that we lust not; this is in our own power; the Law punishes not the will but the act, as adultery.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century5 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For my yoke is easy - My Gospel imposes nothing that is difficult; on the contrary, it provides for the complete removal of all that which oppresses and renders man miserable, viz. sin. The commandments of Christ are not grievous. Hear the whole: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thyself. Can any thing be more congenial to the nature of man than love? - such a love as is inspired by God, and in which the soul rests supremely satisfied and infinitely happy?

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1322: “Rest For The Laboring” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1876)

[The Tabernacle was on this night thrown open to strangers, all the regular congregation kindly vacating their seats.] Our Lord had just been declaring the Doctrine of Election, thanking the heavenly Father that He had chosen babes, though He had passed by the wise and prudent. It is very instructive that, close upon the heels of that mysterious doctrine, should come the gracious invitation of my text—as much as if the Lord Jesus would say to His disciples, "Let no views of predestination ever keep you back from proclaiming fully My Gospel to every creature."

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ζυγός	zugos	yoke	G2218 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
χρηστὸς	chrēstos	[is] easy	G5543 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
φορτίον	phortion	burden	G5413 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
ἐλαφρόν	elaphron	light	G1645 →
ἐστιν.¶	estin	is.	G1510 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
  But 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…
- Colossians 1:11
  being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
- Ephesians 6:10
  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
- Isaiah 40:29–31
  He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
Through
John 16:33
I 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!”
leads to
- John 14:27
  Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- 1 John 5:4
  because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16
  Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Matthew