Adjective barys (heavy, violent) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

23: 4They tie up heavy (barys) burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.
23: 23"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the heavier (barys) matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.

Acts

20: 29I know that after I have gone, violent (barys) wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
25: 7When he arrived, the Jews who had gone down from Jerusalem surrounded him, bringing many heavy (barys) charges against him, which they could not prove.

1 John

5: 3For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy (barys),