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Matthew 23:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Matthew 23:4

Verse 4 of 39

Scripture focus

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.

Matthew 23:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 23:4

Theological / Devotional

Bind heavy burdens. The scribes and Pharisees were rigorous taskmasters, but not burden bearers. These “heavy burdens” were a part, not of the laws of Moses, but of rabbinical tradition (see on Mark 7:1-13).

Grievous. These rabbinical requirements brought nothing but trouble and discouragement to those who essayed to bear them. There was nothing whatever about God’s laws that brought grief or weariness. This was true only of the minute exactions of man-made laws. Compare ch. 11:28-30.

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