Luke 11:46

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But Jesus replied,“Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 10:1 : 1 Beware, those who enact unjust policies, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
  • Isa 58:6 : 6 No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.
  • Matt 23:2-4 : 2 “The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach. 4 They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
  • Luke 11:45 : 45 One of the experts in religious law answered him,“Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too.”
  • Luke 11:52 : 52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”
  • Gal 6:13 : 13 For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

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