Matthew 23:4

Tree of Life Version

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

Cross References

Isaiah 46:1

Bel bows down; Nebo stoops over. Their idols are for beasts and cattle. The things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, yet you have neglected the weightier matters of Torah—justice and mercy and faithfulness. It is necessary to do these things without neglecting the others.

Matthew 23:3

So whatever they tell you, do and observe. But don’t do what they do; for what they say, they do not do.

Luke 11:46

Then Yeshua said, “Woe to you Torah lawyers as well, for you weigh the people down with burdens hard to carry, yet you yourselves will not touch the burdens with even a finger.

Acts 15:10

Why then do you put God to the test by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples—which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 15:28

It seemed good to the Ruach ha-Kodesh and to us not to place on you any greater burden than these essentials:

Galatians 6:13

For not even the circumcised keep Torah themselves. Yet they want to have you circumcised so that they may boast about 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

“But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to this teaching and have not learned the so-called ‘deep things’ of satan—I place on you no other burden.