Grievous to be borne (δυσβαστακτα). A late word in LXX and Plutarch (δυς and βασταζω). Here alone in text of Westcott and Hort who…

Ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne.—See Note on Matthew 23:4.

Their regulations regarding moral and ceremonial observances were like huge, unwieldy bundles or crushing burdens bound together, and made into a w…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: A rebuke that exalts the meek is generally hateful to the proud. Therefore, when our Savior was blami…

Jesus now directs words against the “experts in the law,” many of whom were Pharisees. Their religious legalism explains v.46. They could interpret…

And he said, woe unto you also, you lawyers
Christ was so far from calling back what he had said or suggested, that …

We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …