Matthew 23:4

New English Translation

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

Cross References

Isaiah 46:1

Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law – justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

Matthew 23:3

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

Luke 11:46

But Jesus replied, “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

Acts 15:10

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 15:28

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

Galatians 6:13

For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

Revelation 2:24

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching (who have not learned the so-called “deep secrets of Satan”), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you.