Matthew 23:14
'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.
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Exodus 22:22'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;
Job 31:16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
Matthew 23:33'Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?
Luke 12:48and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit 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 silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,
James 3:1Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall 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 →