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Luke 11:46

44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

“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.

47 Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

48 So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“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.
KJV
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.
WEB
He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
BLB
But He said, “Woe also to you⁺, the lawyers, because you⁺ burden men [with] burdens hard to bear, and you⁺ yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your⁺ fingers.
ÅB
Men han sa: Ve også dere, dere lovkyndige, dere som lesser byrder på menneskene, som de vanskelig kan bære, og selv rører dere ikke byrdene med én av deres fingrer!
OTB
Han svarte: "Ve dere lovkyndige, for dere legger byrder på folk som er vanskelige å bære, og dere selv rører ikke byrdene med en av deres fingre.
B1930
Men han sa: Ve også eder, I lovkyndige, I som lesser byrder på menneskene, som de vanskelig kan bære, og selv rører I ikke byrdene med én av eders fingrer!

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  • Matthew 23:2–4

    “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

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  • Isaiah 10:1

    Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

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  • Luke 11:52

    Woe 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.”

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  • Galatians 6:13

    For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

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  • Luke 11:45

    One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

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  • Isaiah 58:6

    Isn’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?

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