Luke 11:46
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.”
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““Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, woe! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 11:46 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
- Matthew 23:2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
- Luke 11:45One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
- Luke 11:52Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
- Galatians 6:13For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).