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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Jesus finishes speaking to the crowd.
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 # For my yoke is easy and my burden is light
 
-Both of these phrases mean the same thing. Jesus is emphasizing that it is easier to obey him than it is the Jewish law. Alternate translation: "For what I place on you, you will be able to carry because it is light" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
+These two phrases mean the same thing. Jesus is emphasizing that it is easier to obey him than it is the Jewish law. Alternate translation: "For what I place on you, you will be able to carry because it is not heavy" 
 
-# my burden is light
-
-The word "light" here is the opposite of heavy, not the opposite of dark.