Matthew 23:14
[[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretense make long prayers, because of this you will receive more abundant judgment.]]
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Exodus 22:22You do not afflict any widow or orphan;
Job 31:16If I withhold the poor from pleasure, || And consume the eyes of the widow,
Matthew 23:33Serpents! Brood of vipers! How may you escape from the judgment of Gehenna?
Luke 12:48and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few; and to everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they committed much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
2 Timothy 3:6for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the weak women, loaded with sins, led away with manifold desires,
James 3:1Do not let many be teachers, my brothers, having known that we will receive 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 →