Matthew 23:4
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.
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- Luke 11:46 : 46 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!
- Acts 15:10 : 10 So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
- Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
- 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.
- Acts 15:28 : 28 For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:
- Matt 23:23 : 23 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
- Rev 2:24 : 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching(who have not learned the so-called“deep secrets of Satan”), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you.
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5They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
6They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
- Matt 23:2-32 verses81%
2“The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
3Therefore 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.
- Luke 11:46-472 verses78%
46But 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!
47Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
- Matt 23:23-297 verses75%
23“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!
25“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!
27“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.
28In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
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9and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
- Mark 7:7-82 verses71%
7They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’
8Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”
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44Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”
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13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.
- Jer 17:21-233 verses70%
21The LORD says,‘Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
22Do not carry any loads out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day. But observe the Sabbath day as a day set apart to the LORD, as I commanded your ancestors.
23Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’
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13“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
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42“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.
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3You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!
4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.
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7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
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10So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
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30For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
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36You must no longer say that the LORD’s message is burdensome. For what is‘burdensome’ really pertains to what a person himself says. You are misrepresenting the words of our God, the living God, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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14Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
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42Jesus called them and said to them,“You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.
- Mark 7:12-132 verses69%
12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.
13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
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8They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!
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53When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,
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15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
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40They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”
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2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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39But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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11“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
- Matt 23:15-162 verses68%
15“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!
16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
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2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
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9Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!”
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24So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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2But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”
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8Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.
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2No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.
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38But just suppose you continue to say,‘The message of the LORD is burdensome.’ Here is what the LORD says will happen:‘I sent word to you that you must not say,“The LORD’s message is burdensome.” But you used the words“The LORD’s message is burdensome” anyway.