Matthew 23:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ “For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders, but with their finger they do not wish 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.

Matthew 23:4 Cross References

Isaiah 46:1

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Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you tithe the mint and the anise and the cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Torah: the right-ruling and the compassion and the belief. These need to have been done, without neglecting the others.

Matthew 23:3

“Therefore, whatever they say to you to guard, guard and do. But do not do according to their works, for they say, and do not do.

Luke 11:46

And He said, “Woe to you also, you learned in the Torah, because you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Acts 15:10

“Now then, why do you try Elohim by putting a yoke on the neck of the taught ones which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Acts 15:28

For it seemed good to the Set-apart Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessities:

Galatians 6:13

For those who are circumcised do not even watch over the Torah, but they wish to have you circumcised so that they might boast in your flesh.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands, and His commands are not heavy,

Revelation 2:24

“And to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not possess this teaching, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they call them, I am not putting on you another burden.