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Luke 11:45

What does Luke 11:45 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 11:45 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 11:45 means

A "lawyer" (an expert in Mosaic Law) interjects, feeling personally implicated by Jesus' harsh reproaches against the Pharisees. He takes offense, stating, "Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also." This demonstrates that the lawyers, though distinct from the Pharisees in some ways, shared many of their practices and sensitivities, and saw these rebukes as applicable to themselves.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him: Master, in saying these things, thou reproachest us also.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.

Context

This verse serves as an interjection from one of the lawyers present, directly responding to Jesus' strong condemnations of the Pharisees. It indicates that the previous woes resonated with and applied to the lawyers as well. This interjection then leads directly into Jesus' pronouncements of woes specifically directed at the lawyers, expanding the scope of His critique to include their specific failings.

v.44Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not.

v.45This passage

v.46And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 22:8

    And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

  • John 7:48

    Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?

  • Luke 11:52

    Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

  • Amos 7:10

    Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

  • John 7:7

    The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

  • Luke 11:46

    And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

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