Matthew 23:14
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.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 22:22Neither widow nor fatherless, shalt thou humiliate:
Job 31:16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Matthew 23:33Serpents! broods of vipers! how should ye flee from the judgment of gehenna?
Luke 12:48Whereas, he who had not come to know, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And, every one to whom was given much, much, shall be sought from him; and, he to whom they committed much, for more than common, will they ask him.
2 Timothy 3:6For, of these, are they who enter into the houses, and captivate silly women, [women] laden with sins, led on by manifold covetings,
James 3:1Not, many teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive;
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 →