Luke 20:47 They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely."

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely."

English Standard Version
who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

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!"

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.

Darby Bible Translation
who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

Young's Literal Translation
who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

Cross References

Matthew 23:13
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go in.

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

Mark 12:40
Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

Luke 21:1
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:39-47 The scribes commended the reply Christ made to the Sadducees about the resurrection, but they were silenced by a question concerning the Messiah. Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son. The scribes would receive the severest judgement for defrauding the poor widows, and for their abuse of religion, particularly of prayer, which they used as a pretence for carrying on worldly and wicked plans. Dissembled piety is double sin. Then let us beg of God to keep us from pride, ambition, covetousness, and every evil thing; and to teach us to seek that honour which comes from him alone.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

47. devour, &c.—taking advantage of their helpless condition and confiding character, to obtain possession of their property, while by their "long prayers" they made them believe they were raised far above "filthy lucre." So much "the greater damnation" awaits them. What a lifelike description of the Romish clergy, the true successors of "the scribes!"