Luke 11:46
And he said, To you lawyers also, woe! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
47Woe to you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Cross References
Isaiah 10:1Woe to them that make unrighteous decrees, That write oppressive decisions,
Matthew 23:2saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
Luke 11:52Woe to you lawyers! because ye have taken away the key of knowledge; ye have not entered yourselves, and those who were entering ye have hindered.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54
Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →