Matthew 23:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

2 Peter 2:14

Therefore

2 Peter 2:3

General references

Luke 19:46

Bible References

For ye

they who consume the property of widows and make long, pretentious prayers. The greater shall their condemnation be."

"but they devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive severer condemnation."

Turn away from all such. Some of them creep into private houses and lead captive silly women who, laden with sins,

For there are many individuals who are unruly, empty talkers and deceivers, particularly those of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped;

They have eyes full of harlots, eyes that cannot stop sinning. They entice unsteady souls. Their heart is trained in greed. They are an accursed generation.

Therefore

"You serpents! You vipers brood! How shall you escape the judgment of hell?

"I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you."

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

Do not become many teachers, my brothers, because you know well that we teachers shall be judged by a severer standard than others.

In their covetousness, with cunning words, they will make merchandise of you; those whose doom has not been idle from of old, and whose destruction has not been slumbering.

General references

saying, "It is written, ??he house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."