Luke 11:46
And, he, said—And, for you, the lawyers, alas! because ye lade men with burdens hard to be borne, and, yourselves, with one of your fingers, touch not the burdens.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
47Alas for you! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers slew them!
Cross References
Isaiah 10:1Alas! for them who ordain iniquitous decrees,—And, busy writers, who make a business of writing mischief:
Matthew 23:2saying—Upon Moses’ seat, have sat down, the Scribes and the Pharisees:
Luke 11:52Alas for you, the lawyers! because ye took away the key of knowledge: yourselves, entered not, and, them who were entering, ye 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 →