They bind heavy burdens, etc. This phrase is derived from the custom of loading animals. The load or burden is bound up and then laid on t…

Heavy burdens — This thought was present in our Lord’s call to the “heavy laden,” in the words that described His own “burden” as …

The contrast between the true Teacher and the false ones is clearly brought out by this verse, They bind heavy burdens to be borne, and lay the…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: When the Lord had refuted the Priests with His answer and shown their condition to be beyond remedy—…

This verse charges the leaders with putting “heavy loads” on “men’s shoulders”—laying down irksome rules—and then refusing “to lift a finger” to he…

For they bind heavy and intolerable burdens. He does not charge the scribes with oppressing and tyrannizing over souls by harsh and unjust…

For they bind heavy burdens
Meaning not the rites and ceremonies of the law of Moses, circumcision, and other rituals…

The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge …

Here, it was shown how the Pharisees and the Scribes were provoked by Christ’s glory, and also by His wisdom, by which He had crushed them; now, ho…