Luke 11:46

46 "Alas too for you expounders of the Law!" replied Jesus, "for you load men with cumbrous burdens which you yourselves will not touch with one of your fingers.

Luke 11:46 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:46

And he said, woe unto you also, ye lawyers
Christ was so far from calling back what he had said or suggested, that he repeats and confirms it, and more particularly names them, and enlarges on their evil practices:

for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye
yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers;
(See Gill on Matthew 23:4).

Luke 11:46 In-Context

44 Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."

45 Hereupon one of the expounders of the Law exclaimed, "Rabbi, in saying such things you reproach us also."

46 "Alas too for you expounders of the Law!" replied Jesus, "for you load men with cumbrous burdens which you yourselves will not touch with one of your fingers.

47 Alas for you! for you repair the tombs of the Prophets, whom your forefathers killed.

48 It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.