45 [a]Then answered one of the Lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou puttest us to rebuke also.

46 And he said, Woe be to you also, ye Lawyers: (A)for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

47 [b]Woe be to you: (B)for ye build the sepulchers of the Prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:45 Hypocrites are very severe against other men, but think all things lawful to themselves.
  2. Luke 11:47 Hypocrites honor those saints when they are dead, whom they most cruelly persecute, when they were alive.

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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