Luke 11:46

New Living Translation

“Yes,” said Jesus, “what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease the burden.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:1

What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws.

Isaiah 58:6

“No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people.

Matthew 22:35

One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:

Luke 11:45

“Teacher,” said an expert in religious law, “you have insulted us, too, in what you just said.”

Luke 11:52

“What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”

Galatians 6:13

And even those who advocate circumcision don’t keep the whole law themselves. They only want you to be circumcised so they can boast about it and claim you as their disciples.