4They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.


In Context

1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

2 "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

3 So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

4 They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5 "Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;

6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

Matthew 23:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:4For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:4For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:4Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:4Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:4For 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.