(A)[a]For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:4 Hypocrites for the most part are most severe exactors of those things which they themselves chiefly neglect.

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.(A)

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10 [a]Now therefore, why [b]tempt ye God, to (A)lay a yoke on the disciples’ necks, which neither our fathers, nor we were able to bear?

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:10 Peter passing from the Ceremonies to the Law itself in general, showeth that none could be saved, if salvation were to be sought for by the Law, and not by grace only in Jesus Christ; because that no man could ever fulfil the Law, neither Patriarch, nor Apostle.
  2. Acts 15:10 Why tempt ye God, as though he could not save by faith?

10 Now then, why do you try to test God(A) by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke(B) that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

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