Mat 23:4, Act 15:10, Gal 2:4, 4:9, Col 2:16-22, Heb 9:8-11 | ESV | STEP | They tie up heavy burdens , hard to bear , and lay them on people’s shoulders , but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger .

Matthew 23:4

4 ^aThey tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit hard to bear} and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

Acts 15:10

10 Now, therefore, why ^care you putting God to the test ^dby placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples ^ethat neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Galatians 2:4

4 ^fYet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who ^gslipped in to spy out ^hour freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, ⁱso that they might bring us into slavery—

Galatians 4:9

9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather ^jto be known by God, ^khow can you turn back again to ^lthe weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

Colossians 2:16-22

Let No One Disqualify You

16 Therefore let no one ^mpass judgment on you ⁿin questions of food and drink, or with regard to ^oa festival or ^pa new moon or a Sabbath. 17 ^qThese are a shadow of the things to come, but ^rthe substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one ^sdisqualify you, ^tinsisting on asceticism and worship of angels, ^ugoing on in detail about visions, ^{▼▼Or about the things he has seen} ^wpuffed up without reason by ^xhis sensuous mind, 19 and ^ynot ^zholding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

20 If with Christ ^aayou died to the ^abelemental spirits of the world, ^acwhy, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 ^ad“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ( ^aereferring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to ^afhuman precepts and teachings?

Hebrews 9:8-11

8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that ^agthe way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing 9 (which is symbolic for the present age). ^{▼▼Or which is symbolic for the age then present} According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^aithat cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with ^ajfood and drink and ^akvarious washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest ^alof the good things that have come, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts good things to come} then through ^anthe greater and more perfect tent ( ^aonot made with hands, that is, not of this creation)