Matthew 23:4
For 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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
For they bind heavy burdens,.... Meaning not the rites and ceremonies of the law of Moses, circumcision, and other rituals, which obliged to the keeping of the whole law, which was a yoke men were not…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
They bind heavy burdens ... - This phrase is derived from the custom of loading animals. The load or burden is bound up and then laid on the beast. So the Pharisees appointed weighty burdens, or…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
they bind heavy burdens Impose the grievous enactments of the Law. Cp. "My yoke is easy and my burden is light" (ch. Mat 11:30).
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