Matthew 23:4

New Living Translation

They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.

Cross References

Isaiah 46:1

Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, bow as they are lowered to the ground. They are being hauled away on ox carts. The poor beasts stagger under the weight.

Matthew 23:23

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.

Matthew 23:3

So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.

Luke 11:46

“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.

Acts 15:10

So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?

Acts 15:28

“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay no greater burden on you than these few requirements:

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.

1 John 5:3

Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.

Revelation 2:24

“But I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not followed this false teaching (‘deeper truths,’ as they call them—depths of Satan, actually). I will ask nothing more of you