Matthew 23:4 - New Revised Standard Version

⁴ They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ They tie up heavy loads, hard to bear, and place them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger to help bear them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

Common English Bible

⁴ For they tie together heavy packs that are impossible to carry. They put them on the shoulders of others, but are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For they bind up heavy and unbearable burdens, and they impose them on men's shoulders. But they are not willing to move them with even a finger of their own.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.

Matthew 23:4 Cross References

Isaiah 46:1

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are on beasts and cattle; these things you carry are loaded as burdens on weary animals.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.

Matthew 23:3

therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

Luke 11:46

And he said, “Woe also to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them.

Acts 15:10

Now therefore 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?

Acts 15:28

For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden than these essentials:

Galatians 6:13

Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh.

1 John 5:3

For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

Revelation 2:24

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call ‘the deep things of Satan,’ to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden;