Matthew 23:14

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Summary

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

For ye

Therefore

2 Peter 2:3

General references

Bible References

For ye

“You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,

They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”

They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive greater punishment.”

For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

Therefore

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.

Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

General references

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.

I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer,

but you have made it a den of thieves!”