Mat 23:4, Act 15:28 | 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 .

a Luke 11:46; [ch. 11:28-30; Acts 15:10]

c[ver. 8; ch. 5:32; John 16:13; 1 Cor. 7:40]

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 15:28

28 For it has seemed good ^cto the Holy Spirit and ^dto us ^eto lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: