Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Luke 11:46 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But He said, Woe to you, the lawyers, also! For you load men with oppressive burdens hard to bear, and you do not personally [even gently] touch the burdens with one of your fingers. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Common English Bible Jesus said, “How terrible for you legal experts too! You load people down with impossible burdens and you refuse to lift a single finger to help them. Catholic Public Domain Version So he said: "And woe to you experts in the law! For you weigh men down with burdens which they are not able to bear, but you yourselves do not touch the weight with even one of your fingers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said: Woe to you lawyers also, because you load men with burdens which they cannot bear, and you yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers. |
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.