Acts 15:10

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

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.