Berean Standard Bible
Luke 11:46
46“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
Luke 11:46 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Context of Luke 11:46
44Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.” 45One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.” “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load. 47Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. 48So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
Read all of Luke 11Luke 11:46 word by word
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς νομικοῖς οὐαί, ὅτι φορτίζετε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους φορτία δυσβάστακτα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἑνὶ τῶν δακτύλων ὑμῶν οὐ προσψαύετε τοῖς φορτίοις.¶Read the interlinear
- Woeοὐαίouai · woe!G3759
- to youσύsu · youG4771
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- as wellκαίkai · andG2532
- experts in the lawνομικόςnomikos · lawyerG3544
- ·δέde · thenG1161
- He repliedεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
- Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
- you weigh men downφορτίζωphortizō · to burdenG5412
- you weigh men downἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- heavy burdensφορτίονphortion · burdenG5413
- heavy burdensδυσβάστακτοςdusbastaktos · ponderousG1419
- you yourselvesαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- will not liftοὐou · noG3756
- will not liftπροσψαύωprospsauo · to touchG4379
- aεἷςheis · oneG1520
- finger to lightenδάκτυλοςdaktulos · fingerG1147
Cross-references for Luke 11:46
- Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- Matthew 23:2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
- Galatians 6:13For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
- Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
Commentaries on Luke 11:46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46Ye lade men with burdens - By insisting on the observance of the traditions of the elders, to which it appears, by the way, they paid no great attention themselves. See on Matthew 23:4; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46See the notes at Matthew 23:4.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-54Verses 37-54 We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46heavy burdens: This refers to the oral tradition with all its intricate details on living according to torah (God’s instruction in the books of Moses). The oral tradition placed a great burden upon the Jewish people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4646. burdens grievous, &c.--referring not so much to the irksomeness of the legal rites (though they were irksome, Ac 15:10), as to the heartless rigor with which they were enforced, and by men of shameless inconsistency.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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