Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,
Luke 11:46 - English Standard Version 2016 And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But He said, Woe to you, the lawyers, also! For you load men with oppressive burdens hard to bear, and you do not personally [even gently] touch the burdens with one of your fingers. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Common English Bible Jesus said, “How terrible for you legal experts too! You load people down with impossible burdens and you refuse to lift a single finger to help them. Catholic Public Domain Version So he said: "And woe to you experts in the law! For you weigh men down with burdens which they are not able to bear, but you yourselves do not touch the weight with even one of your fingers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said: Woe to you lawyers also, because you load men with burdens which they cannot bear, and you yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers. |
Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.”
Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”
For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.