Luke 11:46

The Passion Translation

Jesus responded, “You are also hypocrites, you experts of the law! You crush people beneath the burden of obeying impossible religious regulations, yet you would never even think of doing them yourselves.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who legalize injustice and write oppressive legislation!

Isaiah 58:6

“This is the kind of fast that I desire: Remove the heavy chains of oppression! Stop exploiting your workers! Set free the crushed and mistreated! Break off every yoke of bondage!

Matthew 22:35

Then one of them, a religious scholar, posed this question to test him:

Luke 11:45

Just then a specialist in interpreting religious law blurted out, “Teacher, don’t you realize that your words insult us?!”

Luke 11:52

“You are nothing but hypocrites, you experts of religion! You take away from others the key that opens the door to the house of knowledge. Not only do you lock the door and refuse to enter, but you also do your best to keep others from the truth.”

Galatians 6:13

Not even those who are circumcised keep every detail of the written law. Yet they push you to be circumcised so that they can boast that you have become like them.