Matthew 23:4

James Moffatt - New Testament

They make up heavy loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not stir a finger to remove them.

Cross References

Luke 11:46

He said, "And woe to you jurists! you load men with irksome burdens, and you will not put a single finger to their burdens.

Acts 15:10

Well now, why are you trying to impose a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we ourselves could bear?

Galatians 6:13

Why, even the circumcision party do not observe the Law themselves! They merely want you to get circumcised, so as to boast over your flesh!

Matthew 23:23

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and omit the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faithfulness; these latter you ought to have practised — without omit ting the former.

Revelation 2:24

But for the rest of you at Thyatira, for all who do not hold these tenets, for those who have not (in their phrase) 'fathomed the deep mysteries of Satan' — for you this is my word: I impose no fresh burden on you;

Acts 15:28

The holy Spirit and we have decided not to impose any extra burden on you, apart from these essential requirements:

Matthew 23:3

so do whatever they tell you, obey them, but do not do as they do. They talk but they do not act.

1 John 5:3

(for love to God means keeping his commands). And his commands are not irksome,