Luke 11:46
Jesus said, “Woe to you, teachers of the law! For you put people under burdens that are hard to carry, but you do not touch the burdens with one of your own fingers.
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45One of the teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, what you say insults us too.”
47Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
Cross References
Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust laws and write unfair decrees. 1
Matthew 23:2He said, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
Luke 11:52Woe to you teachers of Jewish laws, because you have taken away the key of knowledge; you do not enter in yourselves, and you hinder those who are entering.”
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 →