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Luke 11:45-47
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Luke 11:45-47
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Woe To You Law-Experts
45 And having responded, one of the Law-experts says to Him, “Teacher, while saying these things You also are insulting us”. 46 And the One said, “Woe to you Law-experts also, because you burden people with hard-to-bear burdens[a], and you do not touch[b] the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them!
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- Luke 11:46 Jesus is referring to their traditions, their man-made rules of conduct.
- Luke 11:46 That is, to carry them yourselves. Many rules that burdened the common working person addressed issues that never arose in the life of a priest.
Luke 11:45-47
New International Version
Luke 11:45-47
New International Version
45 One of the experts in the law(A) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
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.(B)
47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
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