Matthew 11:28-29
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 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.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 11 · Words of Christ are set in red.
14 songs meet this passage
Carry On Wayward Son · Kansas
resonates with Matthew 11:28-29
The invitation to rest a weary soul resonates with Christ's call to the burdened to find rest in Him.
“He knows Christ but for hours refuse to rest in him”
Prayin' for You · Lecrae
strains against Matthew 11:28-29
Jesus offers rest for the weary soul, yet the song's subject resists receiving it even while believing.
Madonna · Angelo Mota
resonates with Matthew 11:28
The repeated ache for rest without resolution mirrors the invitation Jesus offers to the weary, though the song itself doesn't name where true rest is found.
“heroes don't sleep, we hear the call”
Baptized in Fire (feat. Travis Scott) · Kid Cudi
strains against Matthew 11:28
The lyric glorifies restless self-sacrifice as heroic, where Jesus instead offers rest to the weary rather than demanding they never stop.
“When our mama sang us to sleep, but now we're stressed out”
Stressed Out · twenty one pilots
strains against Matthew 11:28
The song finds no rest beyond memory; Jesus offers a rest that doesn't depend on reversing time.
“My hands are weary, I need Your rest”
Trust in You · Lauren Daigle
resonates with Matthew 11:28
The weariness named here directly matches Jesus' invitation to the weary to find rest in Him.
“Are you past the point of weary?”
My Jesus · Anne Wilson
resonates with Matthew 11:28
Mirrors Jesus' own invitation to the weary and burdened to come to Him for rest.
“Come as you are, as you were”
Come As You Are · Nirvana
resonates with Matthew 11:28
Jesus' invitation to come without pretense mirrors the song's opening line, though here the inviter offers no rest, only ambiguity.
“Please, carry me, carry me, carry me home”
Arcade (feat. FLETCHER) · Duncan Laurence
resonates with Matthew 11:28
The plea to be carried home echoes the deep human longing for rest that Jesus names as his own invitation, even though the song doesn't address him directly.
“I kept runnin' for a soft place to fall”
Runaway · AURORA
resonates with Matthew 11:28
The exhausted search for rest points toward Jesus's invitation to the weary and burdened, though the song itself never names where rest is found.
slow down · forrest frank
resonates with Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus invites the weary to rest in Him and learn from Him, whose yoke is easy and burden light, directly mirroring the song's hunger for slowness and relief from self-imposed pressure.
“Heavy lies the crown, lock 'em all up in a dungeon”
Kill Yourself V · $uicideboy$
strains against Matthew 11:28-30
The song carries unbearable weight alone, while Jesus offers to exchange that burden for rest.
Come As You Are · Crowder
resonates with Matthew 11:28-30
Directly reflects Jesus' own invitation for the weary and burdened to come and find rest.
Surface Pressure (From "Encanto"/Soundtrack Version) · Jessica Darrow
resonates with Matthew 11:28-30
The weight Luisa describes is precisely the kind of burden Jesus invites the weary to lay down. Her question in the bridge, wondering if release might bring joy, is an unwitting reach toward this promise.
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