Luke 11:46
New Living Translation
46 “Yes,” said Jesus, “what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease the burden.
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Luke 11:46
New International Version
46 Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.(A)
Luke 11:52
New Living Translation
52 “What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”
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Luke 11:52
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52 “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”(A)
Matthew 23:2-4
New Living Translation
2 “The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.[a] 3 So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach. 4 They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.
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- 23:2 Greek and the Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
Matthew 23:2-4
New International Version
2 “The teachers of the law(A) and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.(B)
Galatians 6:13
New Living Translation
13 And even those who advocate circumcision don’t keep the whole law themselves. They only want you to be circumcised so they can boast about it and claim you as their disciples.
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Galatians 6:13
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13 Not even those who are circumcised keep the law,(A) yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.(B)
Isaiah 10:1
New Living Translation
10 What sorrow awaits the unjust judges
and those who issue unfair laws.
Isaiah 10:1
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Luke 11:45
New Living Translation
45 “Teacher,” said an expert in religious law, “you have insulted us, too, in what you just said.”
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Luke 11:45
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45 One of the experts in the law(A) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
Isaiah 58:6
New Living Translation
6 “No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
lighten the burden of those who work for you.
Let the oppressed go free,
and remove the chains that bind people.
Isaiah 58:6
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