Passage
Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 (DBY)
Nearby Context
Matthew 11:26 Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
Matthew 11:27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him].
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;
Matthew 11:30 for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "come", "labour", "burdened", "give", and "rest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "labour", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 27's "All things have been delivered to me..." into verse 29's "Take my yoke upon you and learn...", so "come" and "labour" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "come" and "labour" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.