Passage
Come vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I will ease you.
Matthew 11:28 (GNV)
Nearby Context
Matthew 11:26 It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such.
Matthew 11:27 All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him.
Matthew 11:28 Come vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I will ease you.
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easie, and my burden light.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "come", "vnto", "wearie", "laden", and "ease". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "vnto", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 27's "All things are giuen vnto me of..." into verse 29's "Take my yoke on you and learne...", so "come" and "vnto" 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 "vnto" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.