²⁸ “^(A)Come to Me, all ^[a]who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take My yoke upon you and ^(B)learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and ^(C)you will find ^[b]rest for your souls.

¹⁷ And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, ^(A)whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸ And to whom did He swear ^(B)that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were ^(C)disobedient? ¹⁹ And so we see that they were not able to enter because of ^(D)unbelief.

The Believer’s Rest

4 Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have ^(A)come short of it. ² For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also did; but ^(B)the word ^[a]they heard did not benefit them, because ^[b]they were not united with those who listened with faith. ³ For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,

although His works were finished ^(D)from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For He has said ^(E)somewhere concerning the seventh day: “^(F)And God ^(G)rested on the seventh day from all His works”; ⁵ and again in this passage, “^(H)They certainly shall not enter My rest.” ⁶ Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had good news preached to them failed to enter because of ^(I)disobedience, ⁷ He again sets a certain day, “Today,” saying ^[c]through David after so long a time just ^(J)as has been said before,

⁸ For ^(L)if ^[d]Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that. ⁹ Consequently, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. ¹⁰ For the one who has entered His rest has himself also ^(M)rested from his works, as ^(N)God did from His. ¹¹ Therefore let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same ^(O)example of ^(P)disobedience.

¹² Here is ^(A)the ^[a]perseverance of the ^[b]saints who ^(B)keep the commandments of God and ^[c](C)their faith in Jesus.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write: ‘^(D)Blessed are the dead who ^(E)die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” ^(F)says the Spirit, “so that they may ^(G)rest from their labors, for their ^(H)deeds follow with them.”