Verse 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?

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 23:4 : 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.
  • Isa 7:12 : 12 But Ahaz responded,“I don’t want to ask; I don’t want to put the LORD to a test.”
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 “There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.
  • Heb 9:9 : 9 This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.
  • Exod 17:2 : 2 So the people contended with Moses, and they said,“Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them,“Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the LORD?”
  • Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him,“Once again it is written:‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”
  • 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 4:1-5 : 1 Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything. 2 But he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world. 4 But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 But now that you have come to know God(or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?