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

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Bible References

For ye

You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,

For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

Therefore

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

But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."