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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devour.

Isaiah 10:2
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their spoil and plunder the fatherless.

Jeremiah 7:6-10
if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, . . .

Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Amos 2:7
They 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 resort to the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, . . .

Micah 2:2, 8
They covet fields and seize them, and they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance. . . .

Micah 3:2
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from My people and strip the flesh from their bones.

Matthew 23:14
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.

Mark 12:40
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation."

2 Timothy 3:6
They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

for.

Luke 12:1
In 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 yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Ezekiel 33:31
So 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.

Matthew 23:26-28
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:5
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

2 Timothy 3:2-5
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, . . .

Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

the same.

Luke 10:12-14
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. . . .

Luke 12:47, 48
That servant who knows his master's will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. . . .

Matthew 11:22-24
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. . . .

James 3:1
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive greater punishment."

International Standard Version
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"

NET Bible
They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment."

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They who consume widows houses for an offering of prolonging their prayers; those shall receive an extreme judgment.”
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