For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
What does Matthew 11:30 mean?
It becomes children to be grateful.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Matthew 11:28-30 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Matthew 11:30
- That is, the services that I shall require are easily rendered. They are not burdensome, like all other systems of religion. So the Christian always finds them. In coming to him there is "a peace which passeth all understanding;" in believing in him, "joy;" in following him "through evil and good report," a comfort "which the world giveth not;" in bearing trials and in persecution, "the hope of glory;" and in keeping his commandments, great reward. Remarks On Matthew 11 1. A spirit of inquiry about the person and works of Christ is especially proper, Matthew 11:2-3 .
Context in Matthew 11
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Matthew 11 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as ministry and teaching blocks. Matthew presents Jesus as Davidic Messiah, new Moses, teacher of the kingdom, suffering Son of Man, and risen Lord who commissions the nations. Read this chapter with the wider themes of fulfillment, kingdom of heaven, and discipleship in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.