Matthew 23:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry   and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

Cross References

Luke 11:46

Then he said, ‘Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens   that are hard to carry, and yet you yourselves don’t touch these burdens with one of your fingers.

Acts 15:10

Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks  that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Galatians 6:13

For even the circumcised don’t keep  the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

Matthew 23:23

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of   mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law #– #justice,   mercy, and faithfulness.   These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

Revelation 2:24

I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known ‘the so-called secrets   , of Satan’   #– #as they say #– #I am not putting any other burden on you.

Acts 15:28

For it was the Holy Spirit’s decision #– #and ours #– #not to place further burdens on you beyond these requirements:

Isaiah 46:1

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle. The images you carry are loaded, as a burden for the weary animal.

Matthew 23:3

Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practise what they teach.

1 John 5:3

For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden,