Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!
A Conservative Version
But woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye devour widows' houses, and praying long in pretence. Because of this ye will receive greater condemnation.
American Standard Version
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows houses, even while for a pretence ye make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
is absent from the oldest manuscripts]}]}
Anderson New Testament
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you close the kingdom of heaven in the face of men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you suffer those who are entering, to go in.
Common New Testament
(...)
Daniel Mace New Testament
wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye not only refuse to go in your selves, but hinder those that would.
Darby Translation
no translation
Godbey New Testament
OMITTED TEXT
Goodspeed New Testament
OMITTED TEXT
John Wesley New Testament
Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Julia Smith Translation
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for pretence, praying at great lengths; for this shall ye receive more distingnished judgment.
King James 2000
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation.
Modern King James verseion
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and pray at length as a pretense. Therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, for ye devour widows' houses: and that, under a colour of praying long prayers, wherefore ye shall receive greater damnation.
Montgomery New Testament
OMITTED TEXT.
NET Bible
[[EMPTY]]
New Heart English Bible
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of hell as yourselves.
Noyes New Testament
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Sawyer New Testament
(Added verse not retained in Sawyer)
The Emphasized Bible
But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye are locking up the kingdom of the heavens before men, - for, ye, are not entering, neither, them who are entering, suffer ye to enter.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: wherefore ye shall receive greater condemnation.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You destroy widow's houses, even while pretending to make long prayers; therefore you shall receive greater condemnation.
Webster
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Weymouth New Testament
No translation
Williams New Testament
Omitted Text.
World English Bible
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
Worrell New Testament
OMITTED TEXT.
Worsley New Testament
Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; for ye devour widows houses, and for a cover make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive the heavier judgement.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.
Themes
Condemnation » Increased by » Hypocrisy
Ecclesiasticism » Jewish, rebuked by jesus
Hypocrites » Described as » Devouring widows' houses
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Pharisees » Character of » Avaricious
Pharisees » Christ » Denounced woes against
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Brevity encouraged
Punishment » According to deeds
Religion » Sanctimony, distinguishing marks of » Hypocrisy
Satire » Of jesus against hypocrites
Teachers » FALSE » Admonition against
Topics
Interlinear
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Touto
Perissos
References
Word Count of 36 Translations in Matthew 23:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy
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. 14 [ 15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
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.
Luke 20:47
Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.
Exodus 22:22-24
Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
Job 31:16-20
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
Matthew 11:24
But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.
Matthew 23:33-36
You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?
Luke 12:48
But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
2 Timothy 3:6
For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,
Titus 1:10-11
For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,
James 3:1
Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
2 Peter 2:14-15
Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;