Matthew 23:14
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 22:22You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.
Job 31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
Matthew 23:33You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?
Luke 12:48But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.
2 Timothy 3:6For of these sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, who are led away with divers desires:
James 3:1Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:14-34
The Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 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. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make… Read the whole commentary →