Passage
Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
Matthew 11:28 (DRB)
Nearby Context
Matthew 11:26 Yea, Father: for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.
Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.
Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
Matthew 11:29 Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: And you shall find rest to your souls.
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "come", "labor", "burdened", and "refresh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "labor", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 27's "All things are delivered to me by..." into verse 29's "Take up my yoke upon you and...", so "come" and "labor" 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 "labor" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.