Sentences with phrase «laying heavy burdens»

Jesus denounced the Pharisees, a social and religious elite, for laying heavy burdens on the poor.

Jesus chastised religious leaders for laying heavy burdens on the backs of people and not lifting a finger to help them.

This is echoed in Jesus» condemnation of those who «lay heavy burdens on the poor».

Therefore, it's time to truly experience the victory of forgiveness that can only be found in Christ by laying that heavy burden down at His feet.

Not exact matches

The Church of England leaders used Matthew 11:28 - 30 to encourage people to lay their burdens on Jesus and said that sin is the heaviest of burdens and» is not a characteristic of a particular group of people», but the same for everyone.

They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.

Jesus rejected the heavy burdens that ritualistic legalism laid upon the poor, but in its place he demanded an ethic of drastic self - sacrifice that leaves most of us shattered.

They will not so much as touch with their fingers the heavy burdens they lay on the shoulders of others.

On the contrary, his most stinging words are directed toward those who «preach, but do not practice»; to those who «bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger»; to those who «devour widows» houses and for a pretense... make long prayers»; to those who are «blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel» (Matt.

You lay burdens on men that are too heavy for them to bare.

After all, Wesley notes, Genesis 2:18 says it is not good for man to be alone, the apostle Paul writes that it is better to be married than to burn with passion, and Jesus warned against religious leaders tying up «heavy burdens, hard to bear,» and laying them on people's shoulders (Matthew 11:30).

The idea of laying burdens on people's backs that are too heavy to bear comes to mind.

Last month, we warned that the mayor might be laying the groundwork for a hefty tax hike down the road, even though taxpayers here already bear the nation's heaviest state and local tax burden.

A further section, which I've not seen reported in the press, may go some way to explaining the fact that George Zimmerman was not arrested or charged after the shooting in that it would seem to place a heavier burden than normal on the prosecution contemplating the laying of charges: