Matthew 23:4

Modern English Version

They fasten heavy loads that are hard to carry and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

Cross References

Isaiah 46:1

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are appointed to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome; they are a burden to the weary beast.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, but have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done without leaving the others undone.

Matthew 23:3

Therefore, whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do their works. For they speak, but do nothing.

Luke 11:46

He said, “Woe to you also, you lawyers! For you load men with burdens difficult to carry, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Acts 15:10

Now then, why test God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 15:28

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to put on you no greater burden than these necessary things:

Galatians 6:13

For they themselves who are circumcised do not keep the law. But they desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.

1 John 5:3

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

Revelation 2:24

“Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this teaching, who have not known what some call the ‘depths of Satan,’ I will put on you no other burden.