Bible Gateway passage: Genesis 2:1-3, Hebrews 4:1-13, Matthew 11:28-30 - English Standard Version (2024)

The Seventh Day, God Rests

2Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and ^(A)all the host of them. ²And ^(B)on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. ³So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

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4Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem ^(A)to have failed to reach it. ²For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because ^(B)they were not united by faith with those who listened.^{[a] 3}For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,

^(C)“As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest,’”

although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. ⁴For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: ^(D)“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” ⁵And again in this passage he said,

^(E)“They shall not enter my rest.”

⁶Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news ^(F)failed to enter because of disobedience, ⁷again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,

^(G)“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”

⁸For if Joshua had given them rest, God^[b] would not have spoken of another day later on. ⁹So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, ¹⁰for whoever has entered God's rest has also ^(H)rested from his works as God did from his.

¹¹Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so ^(I)that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. ¹²For ^(J)the word of God is living and ^(K)active, ^(L)sharper than any ^(M)two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and ^(N)discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³And ^(O)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are ^(P)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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^28(A)Come to ^(B)me, all who labor and are ^(C)heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and ^(D)learn from me, for I am ^(E)gentle and lowly in heart, and ^(F)you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For ^(G)my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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