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Bible in Basic English
Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"
A Conservative Version
who devour widows' houses, and in pretence make long prayers. These will receive greater damnation.
American Standard Version
who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
They consume widows' houses [i.e., by foreclosing on them] and [then] cover it up by offering lengthy prayers. These people will receive a heavier judgment."
Anderson New Testament
who eat up the houses of widows, and, for a pretext, make long prayers. These shall receive the greater condemnation.
Common New Testament
who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive greater condemnation."
Daniel Mace New Testament
who under the pretext of their long prayers devour the fortunes of widows. wherefore they shall be punish'd with greater severity.
Darby Translation
who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
Godbey New Testament
Who devour the houses of the widows, and pray long through pretext; they shall receive the greater judgment.
John Wesley New Testament
Who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater damnation.
Julia Smith Translation
Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence pray at great length; these shall receive more abundant judgment.
King James 2000
Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater condemnation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
who devour the houses of widows and pray lengthy [prayers] for the sake of appearance. These will receive more severe condemnation!"
Modern King James verseion
who devour widows' houses, and make long prayers for a show; the same shall receive a more severe condemnation.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which devour widows' houses, and that under a colour of long praying: The same shall receive greater damnation."
Moffatt New Testament
they prey upon the property of widows and offer long unreal prayers. All the heavier will their sentence be!"
Montgomery New Testament
"but they devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive severer condemnation."
NET Bible
They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment."
New Heart English Bible
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
Noyes New Testament
who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive a far greater condemnation.
Sawyer New Testament
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; they shall receive a greater judgment.
The Emphasized Bible
Who devour the houses of widows, and, for a show, are a long time at prayer. These, shall receive, a heavier sentence.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
who devour the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers: these shall receive a more abundant punishment.
Twentieth Century New Testament
These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier."
Webster
Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Weymouth New Testament
who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."
Williams New Testament
men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will receive a much heavier sentence."
World English Bible
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
Worrell New Testament
who devour the houses of widows; and, for a pretense, make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation."
Worsley New Testament
who devour widows houses, and for a shew of religion make long prayers: these shall receive a heavier sentence.
Youngs Literal Translation
who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » Exposes the hypocrisies of the scribes and pharisees (in jerusalem)
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Word Count of 36 Translations in Luke 20:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning To Beware Of The Scribes
46 Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts; 47 Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.
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Cross References
Mark 12:40
Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.
Isaiah 10:2
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
Jeremiah 7:6-10
If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Amos 2:7
Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:
Amos 8:4-6
Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,
Micah 2:2
They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
Micah 2:8
As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.
Micah 3:2
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
Matthew 11:22-24
But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you.
Matthew 23:13
But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
Matthew 23:26-28
You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
Luke 10:12-14
I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
Luke 12:1
At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.
Luke 12:47-48
And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
2 Timothy 3:2-6
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,
Titus 1:16
They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.
James 3:1
Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.