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Luk 11:46 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Woe		Isa 10:1; Mat 23:2-4; Gal 6:13
ye yourselves		Isa 58:6

Correlating Passages

Woe

	Isa 10:1	Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;
	Mat 23:2	Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
	Mat 23:3	All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
	Mat 23:4	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.
	Gal 6:13	For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

ye yourselves

Isa 58:6

[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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Scott, Thomas. "Luke 11:46," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Luk/11/46.html>.

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