Matthew 23:4

⁴They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.a

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Matthew 23 records Jesus’ most sustained and severe public critique, directed not at Rome or sinners, but at the religious leadership of Israel. He exposes the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy, their love of status, and their burdening of others with laws they themselves do

References· Matthew 23

a: v.4 — Luke 11:46, Acts 15:10, Galatians 6:13, Matthew 11:28-30, Matthew 23:23, Revelation 2:24, Acts 15:28
b: v.5 — Matthew 6:1-16, John 12:43, Philippians 2:3, John 5:44, Deuteronomy 6:8, Luke 16:15, Numbers 15:38-39, Luke 20:47, Exodus 13:9, Deuteronomy 22:12
c: v.8 — James 3:1, 1 Corinthians 1:12-13, 1 Peter 5:3, Luke 22:32, Matthew 17:5, Matthew 23:10, Colossians 1:1-2, Revelation 1:9, John 13:13-14, Romans 14:9-10
d: v.9 — 1 John 3:1, Hebrews 12:9, Malachi 1:6, Job 32:21-22, Romans 8:14-17, Matthew 6:8-9, Matthew 7:11, 1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Timothy 5:1-2, 2 Corinthians 6:18
e: v.11 — 1 Corinthians 9:19, John 13:14-15, Galatians 5:13, Mark 10:43-44, 2 Corinthians 4:5, Luke 22:26-27, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 20:26-27, 2 Corinthians 11:23
f: v.12 — James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5, Luke 14:11, Proverbs 29:23, Matthew 18:4, Luke 18:14, Proverbs 15:33, Matthew 5:3, Proverbs 16:18-19, Daniel 4:37
g: v.13 — Luke 11:52, Matthew 23:29, Matthew 23:23, Matthew 23:27, Zechariah 11:17, Acts 8:1, 2 Timothy 4:15, Matthew 23:13-15, 2 Timothy 3:8, Isaiah 9:14-15
h: v.23 — Luke 11:42, Micah 6:8, Matthew 9:13, Hosea 6:6, Matthew 5:19-20, 1 Samuel 15:22, Proverbs 21:3, Matthew 22:37-40, Galatians 5:22-23, Leviticus 27:30
i: v.25 — Luke 11:39-40, Matthew 15:19-20, Mark 7:4-13, Isaiah 28:7-8
j: v.33 — Matthew 3:7, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 5:22, John 8:44, Luke 3:7, Matthew 21:34-35, Revelation 12:9, Psalms 58:3-5, Genesis 3:15, Hebrews 10:29
k: v.35 — 2 Chronicles 24:20-22, Hebrews 11:4, Zechariah 1:1, Genesis 4:8, Revelation 18:24, Jeremiah 26:15, 2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 24:4, Jeremiah 26:23, Isaiah 26:21
l: v.37 — Luke 13:34-35, Psalms 91:4, Ruth 2:12, Deuteronomy 32:11-12, Psalms 17:8, Nehemiah 9:26, Proverbs 1:24-31, Jeremiah 6:16-17, Psalms 36:7, Psalms 63:7
m: v.39 — Psalms 118:26, Matthew 21:9, Romans 11:25, Luke 17:22, Zechariah 12:10, Luke 10:22-23, Isaiah 40:9-11, Luke 2:26-30, Hosea 3:4, John 8:56

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