Pretense
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Pretense (9 Occurrences)

Matthew 23:13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
(WEB)

Matthew 23:14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
(BBE WBS)

Mark 12:40 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."
(WEB WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 20:47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
(WEB RSV)

Acts 27:30 And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as 'if' out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,
(See NAS RSV)

Philippians 1:18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
(WEB WBS NAS RSV)

Joshua 8:15 Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 14:6 It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, "Come in, you wife of Jeroboam! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 3:10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense, says Yahweh.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Thesaurus
Pretense (9 Occurrences)
... (n.) Alt. of Pretence. Multi-Version Concordance Pretense (9 Occurrences). ... For you
devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. ...
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Widows (33 Occurrences)
... For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. ... Mark 12:40
those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. ...
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Devour (118 Occurrences)
... For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. ... Mark 12:40
those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. ...
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Pretence (5 Occurrences)
... of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and
concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under ...
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Condemnation (30 Occurrences)
... For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. ... (WEY). Mark
12:40 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. ...
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Greater (219 Occurrences)
... For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. ... Mark 12:40
those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. ...
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Lengthy (4 Occurrences)
... Lengthy (4 Occurrences). Mark 12:40 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense
make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." (See NIV). ...
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Dissemble (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.
3. (vi) To conceal the real fact, motives, or sentiments ...
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Appearance's (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Appearance's (2 Occurrences). Mark 12:40 those who
devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. ...
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Offer (403 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:40 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers.
These will receive greater condemnation." (See NAS). ...
/o/offer.htm - 39k

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) Alt. of Pretence.
Greek
4392. prophasis -- a pretense
... a pretense. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: prophasis Phonetic Spelling:
(prof'-as-is) Short Definition: a pretext, an excuse Definition: a ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4392.htm - 6k

3132. manteuomai -- to divine
... From a derivative of mainomai (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through
inspiration); to divine, ie Utter spells (under pretense of foretelling -- by ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3132.htm - 6k

5573. pseudologos -- speaking falsely, lying
... 5573 (an adjective, derived from 5571 , "false, pretense" and 3004 , "speaking to
a ") -- properly, a liar passing on because working with (used only in 1 Tim 4 ...
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Library

Pusillus of Lamasba Said: "I Believe that Baptism is not unto ...
... except within the Catholic Church. Whatsoever is without the Catholic Church
is mere pretense." [1860] 77. This indeed is true, that ...
/.../chapter 39 76 pusillus.htm

Whether Since Christ's Passion the Legal Ceremonies Can be ...
... Hence he maintained that after the Passion the apostles never observed the legal
ceremonies in real earnest; but only by a kind of pious pretense, lest, to wit ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether since christs passion the.htm

Whether all Dissimulation is a Sin?
... Reply to Objection 1: As Augustine says (De QQ. Evang. ii), "To pretend is not always
a lie: but only when the pretense has no signification, then it is a lie. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether all dissimulation is a.htm

Whether Christ Should have Appeared to the Disciples "In Another ...
... He showed Himself to them in body such as He was in their minds: for, because He
was as yet a stranger to faith in their hearts, He made pretense of going on ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ should have appeared.htm

Meekness and Rest
... brings. Then also he will get deliverance from the burden of pretense. ... life.
Advertising is largely based upon this habit of pretense. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tozer/the pursuit of god/ix meekness and rest.htm

In Short, the New Education is as Harsh as the Old...
... It is because the humane father thinks soldiers wrong that they are forbidden; there
is no pretense, there can be no pretense, that the boy would think so. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 34 in short the.htm

David's Lord
... salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places
at feasts: they which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 12 35-40 davids lord.htm

"Woe unto You, Because Ye Build the Tombs of the Prophets, and ...
... For in proof that the condemnation was a pretense, Luke saith, ye do allow because
ye build; for, "Woe unto you," saith He, "for ye build the sepulchers of the ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxiv woe unto you.htm

Matt. xxiii. 14
... hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers:
therefore ye shall receive greater damnation." [2676]. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxiii matt xxiii 14.htm

Jesus' Last Public Discourse. Denunciation of Scribes and ...
... [The term "Rabbi" means master or teacher.] ^c 47 who { ^b 40 they that} devour
widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cx jesus last public discourse.htm

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