The Offer of Life or Death

¹¹ Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.^(A)

³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”^(A)

⁴ They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.^(A)

²³ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth^(A) of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness.^(B) You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.