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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 11, Verse 29

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‹Come unto me, all› [ye] ‹that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.›
King James Version
‹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.›
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
World English Bible
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
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‹For my yoke› [is] ‹easy, and my burden is light.›
1
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
2
But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3
But he said unto them, ‹Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;›
4
‹How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?›
5
‹Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?›
6
‹But I say unto you, That in this place is› [one] ‹greater than the temple.›
7
‹But if ye had known what› [this] ‹meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.›
8
‹For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.›
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And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: