Matthew 23:4

Weymouth NT

Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them.

Cross References

Matthew 23:23

»Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law–just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.«

Matthew 23:3

Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves.

Luke 11:46

»Alas too for you expounders of the Law!« replied Jesus, »for you load men with cumbrous burdens which you yourselves will not touch with one of your fingers.

Acts 15:10

Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 15:28

For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no burden heavier than these necessary requirements–

Galatians 6:13

For these very men do not really keep the Law of Moses, but they would have you receive circumcision in order that they may glory in your bodies.

1 John 5:3

Love for God means obedience to His commands; and His commands are not irksome.

Revelation 2:24

But to you, the rest of you in Thyateira, all who do not hold this teaching and are not the people who have learnt the »deep things,« as they call them (the deep things of Satan!) –to you I say that I lay no other burden on you.