Matthew 23:4
‹For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay› [them] ‹on men's shoulders; but they› [themselves] ‹will not move them with one of their fingers.›
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- Luke 11:46 : 46 And he said, ‹Woe unto you also,› [ye] ‹lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.›
- Acts 15:10 : 10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
- Matt 11:28-30 : 28 ‹Come unto me, all› [ye] ‹that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.› 29 ‹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.› 30 ‹For my yoke› [is] ‹easy, and my burden is light.›
- Gal 6:13 : 13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
- Acts 15:28 : 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
- Matt 23:23 : 23 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier› [matters] ‹of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›
- Rev 2:24 : 24 ‹But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.›
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24 [Ye] ‹blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.›
25 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.›
26 [Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.›
27 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead› [men's] ‹bones, and of all uncleanness.›
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