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most important seats in the synagogues and greetings in the mar-
ketplaces. Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which
men walk over without knowing it." (Luke 11:42-44)
"... And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people
down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will
not lift one finger to help them." (Luke 11:46)

"Woe to you experts in law, because you have taken away the key to
knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered
those who were entering." (Luke 11:52)
Such public warnings and the so-called priests' public humiliation
because of their immorality increased their unwise hostility toward
the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). According to Luke, the Pharisees and the
religious scholars began to oppose him fiercely after Jesus (pbuh)
said the words recorded above (Luke 11:53-54).
As Allah makes clear in the Qur'an, the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)
called the Children of Israel to return to the Mosaic law and to be-
lieve in Allah wholeheartedly. The Gospel of Matthew and the
Qur'an contain some strikingly similar words about the unbe-