Thematic Bible: Rapacity of


Thematic Bible




But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own property the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf seizes upon them, and disperseth the sheep.

For this I know, that after my departure there will come among you grievous wolves, not sparing the flock:

Then said the Lord unto him, Now ye Pharisees make the outside of the cup and of the dish clean, but your inward parts are full of extortion and wickedness.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed by one another.

Ye eagerly covet, yet have not: ye murder, and are envious, yet cannot obtain [your object]; ye wage war, but have not, because ye pray not.

who devour the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers: these shall receive a more abundant punishment.

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be our own.