Matthew 23:14
Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers: wherefore ye shall receiue the greater damnation.
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Exodus 22:22Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe.
Job 31:16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
Matthew 23:33O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell!
Luke 12:48But he that knewe it not, and yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with fewe stripes: for vnto whomsoeuer much is giuen, of him shalbe much required, and to whom men much commit, the more of him will they aske.
2 Timothy 3:6For of this sort are they which creepe into houses, and leade captiue simple women laden with sinnes, and led with diuers lustes,
James 3:1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receiue the greater condemnation.
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 →