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Luke 20:47

They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

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ASV

who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

KJV

Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οἳhoiwhoG3739 →
κατεσθίουσινkatesthiousindevourG2719 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
οἰκίαςoikiashousesG3614 →
τῶνtōn<the>G3588 →
χηρῶνchērōnof widowsG5503 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
προφάσειprophaseias a pretextG4392 →
μακρὰmakraat great lengthG3117 →
προσεύχονται·proseuchontaipray;G4336 →
οὗτοιhoutoiTheseG3778 →
λήμψονταιlēmpsontaiwill receiveG2983 →
περισσότερονperissoteronmore excessiveG4055 →
κρίμα.¶krimacondemnation.G2917 →

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Matthew 6:5And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Mark 12:40They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”Romans 13:2Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.James 3:1Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.Luke 12:1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.Luke 12:47–48That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.Matthew 11:22–24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.Jeremiah 7:6–10if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,Luke 10:12–14I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.Amos 2:7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

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