Verse 10

now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Referenced Verses

• Matt 23:4 : 4 for 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.
• Isa 7:12 : 12 And Ahaz saith, `I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'
• Gal 5:1 : 1 In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;
• Heb 3:9 : 9 in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;
• Heb 9:9 : 9 which `is' a simile in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,
• Exod 17:2 : 2 and the people strive with Moses, and say, `Give us water, and we drink.' And Moses saith to them, `What? -- ye strive with me, what? -- ye try Jehovah?'
• Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
• Matt 11:28-30 : 28 `Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, 29 take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls, 30 for my yoke `is' easy, and my burden is light.'
• Gal 4:1-5 : 1 And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant -- being lord of all, 2 but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father, 3 so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude, 4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, 5 that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;
• Gal 4:9 : 9 and now, having known God -- and rather being known by God -- how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?