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The careless and ungodly would not feel the burden, for man is naturally indifferent regarding God and His blessing, but the pious in Israel were labouring and heavy laden, and to such the words of the Lord would bring cheer and encouragement. Here was One who was able to remove the heavy load, and was willing to do it, to set the heart at rest from the burden upon the conscience, and to give rest in the knowledge of what He had brought of the Father's grace. God was no longer demanding from men; He was seen in Jesus as a giving God. The Scribes bound "heavy burdens and grievous to be borne" upon the shoulders of Israel, and would not move them with one of their fingers (Matt. 23:4), but the Lord Jesus came to relieve men, and to remove the heavy burden.