Matthew 11:30 (WEB)
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Catechism · 1
“However, Jesus has not placed on spouses a burden impossible to bear, or too heavy - heavier than the Law of Moses.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 8:34; Mt 11:29-30.
Fathers and councils · 48
Jerome
“Matt. xi. 30.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“On those to whom Christ says: “Ye shall find rest for your souls, for My yoke is pleasant and My burden is light,” Novatian lays a heavy burden and a hard yoke.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xi. 30.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.22Conference XXIV
“Germanus: As you have given us a remedy for all delusions, and by God’s grace all the wiles of the devil by which we were harassed, have been exposed by your teaching, we beg that you will also explain to us this that is said in the gospel: “My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xi. 30.
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“…heavy laden, and I will refresh you,” they will lay aside the burden of their sins, and realize what follows: “For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xi. 28–30.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But where, during all those years, and out of what deep and secret retreat was my free will summoned forth in a moment, whereby I gave my neck to Thy “easy yoke,” and my shoulders to Thy “light burden,” O Christ Jesus, “my strength and my Redeemer”?” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
Read the whole comment“…by whose tongue Thou soundest out these words, when Paulus the proconsul—his pride overcome by the apostle’s warfare—was made to pass under the easy yoke of Thy Christ, and became a provincial of the great King,—he also, instead of Saul, his former name, desired to be called Paul, in testimony of so great a…” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
Read the whole comment“And now I bear it, and it is “light” unto me, because so hast Thou promised, and made it, and so in truth it was, though I knew it not, when I feared to take it up.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
Read the whole comment“Hence too that, “Come unto Me all ye that toil and are heavy laden; for My yoke is easy, and My burden light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28, 30.
Read the whole comment“For My yoke is easy and My burden light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28–30.
Read the whole comment“He will teach His ways, not to those that desire to run before, as if they were better able to rule themselves; but to those who do not exalt the neck, nor lift the heel, when the easy yoke and the light burden is laid upon them.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
Read the whole comment“For godly shoulders He was requiring when He said, “For My yoke is gentle, and My burden is light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
Read the whole comment“Nor on any other account is rightly understood the saying, “My burden is light,” but because He giveth the Holy Spirit, whereby love is shed abroad in our hearts, in order that in love we may do freely that which he that doeth in fear doeth…” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
Read the whole comment“…toil; since He hath delivered it from death, who, pitying it, said, “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” etc. Meek therefore and humble, following, so to speak, Christ as its path, should the action of the soul be that tendeth towards repose; nevertheless, not slothful…” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28–30.
Read the whole comment“Matthew proceeds thus: “At that time Jesus answered and said, I make my acknowledgment to Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,” and so on, down to where we read, “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 25–30.
Read the whole comment“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (hence, moreover, the sermon before us took as its starting-point the lowly and meek in heart): and this easy yoke and light burden which many spurn, few…” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28–30.
Read the whole comment“For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28–30.
Read the whole comment“And that is true which He said Himself, “My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
Read the whole comment“He, the Lord, bore with proud slaves; the physician with the sick.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For My yoke is easy, and My burden light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28, 29, 30.
Read the whole comment““Take away from you the heavy yoke, and take up the easy one,” says the Scripture; as also the poets call [vice] a slavish yoke.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28–30.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore the Lord says, “Take My yoke, for it is gentle and light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 29, 30.
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John Chrysostom
“And yet after this He said, “My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 30.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Matt. 11:30.)” — the author cites it
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Leo the Great
“For My yoke is easy and My burden light.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xi. 29, 30.
Read the whole comment“…that which the Lord says, “learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls: for My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xi. 29, 30.
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Tertullian
“…taught any such thing as can either be charged with novelty, in opposition to catholic tradition, or with burdensomeness, in opposition to the “light burden” of the Lord.” — editor's note: See Matt. xi. 30.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xi. 28, 30.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“For my yoke is excellent, and my burden is light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28–30.
Read the whole comment“For my yoke is good, and my burden is light.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 28–30.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
By what He had said, He brought His disciples to have a desire towards Him, shewing them His unspeakable excellence; and now He invites them to Him, saying, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden.”
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Whence do we all thus labour, but that we are mortal men, bearing vessels of clay which cause us much difficulty. But if the vessels of flesh are straitened, the regions of love will be enlarged. To what end then…
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He calls to Him those that were labouring under the hardships of the Law, and those who are burdened with the sins of this world.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
That the burden of sin is heavy the Prophet Zachariah bears witness, saying, that wickedness sitteth upon a talent of lead. [margin note: Zech 5:7] And the Psalmist fills it up, “Thy iniquities are grown heavy upon…
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For a cruel yoke and hard weight of servitude it is to be subject to the things of time, to be ambitious of the things of earth, to cling to falling things, to seek to stand in things that stand not, to desire things…
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He said not, Come ye, this man and that man, but All whosoever are in trouble, in sorrow, or in sin, not that I may exact punishment of you, but that I may remit your sins. Come ye, not that I have need of your…
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I will not only take from you your burden, but will satisfy you with inward refreshment.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Come,” He says, not with the feet, but with the life, not in the body, but in faith. For that is a spiritual approach by which any man approaches God; and therefore it follows, “Take my yoke upon you.”
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The yoke of Christ is Christ’s Gospel, which joins and yokes together Jews and Gentiles in the unity of the faith. This we are commanded to take upon us, that is, to have in honour; lest perchance setting it beneath…
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Not to create a world, or to do miracles in that world; but that “I am meek and lowly in heart.” Wouldest thou be great? Begin with the least. Wouldest thou build up a mighty fabric of greatness? First think of the…
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We must learn then from our Saviour to be meek in temper, and lowly in mind; let us hurt none, let us despise none, and the virtues which we have shewn in deed let us retain in our heart.
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And therefore in beginning the Divine Law He begins with humility, and sets before us a great reward, saying, “And ye shall find rest for your souls.” This is the highest reward, you shall not only be made useful to…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
He holds forth the inducements of a pleasant yoke, and a light burden, that to them that believe He may afford the knowledge of that good which He alone knoweth in the Father.
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What burden is it to put upon the neck of our mind that He bids us shun all desire that disturbs, and turn from the toilsome paths of this world!
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
And what is more pleasant than that yoke, what lighter than that burden? To be made better, to abstain from wickedness, to choose the good, and refuse the evil, to love all men, to hate none, to gain eternal things,…
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But how is Christ’s yoke pleasant, seeing it was said above, “Narrow is the way which leadeth unto life?” [Matt 7:14] That which is entered upon by a narrow entrance is in process of time made broad by the…
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So then they who with unfearing neck have submitted to the yoke of the Lord endure such hardships and dangers, that they seem to be called not from labour to rest, but from rest to labour. But the Holy Spirit was…
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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…
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Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 20.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 20.
Cited together in Letters Letter 115.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 2.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 20 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 115.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 20.
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Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 11:28–30 (Catena Aurea).
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Cited together in Confessions X.36.
Cited together in Confessions X.36.
Cited together in Confessions IX.1.
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Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Confessions X.36.
Cited together in Confessions X.36.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
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