Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.” New Living Translation Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be more severely punished.” English Standard Version who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” Berean Standard Bible They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” Berean Literal Bible those devouring the houses of widows, and praying at great length as a pretext. These will receive greater judgment." King James Bible Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. New King James Version who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.” New American Standard Bible who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.” NASB 1995 who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.” NASB 1977 who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.” Legacy Standard Bible who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.” Amplified Bible [these scribes] who devour (confiscate) widows’ houses, and offer long prayers for appearance’s sake [to impress others]. These men will receive greater condemnation.” Christian Standard Bible They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgment.” Holman Christian Standard Bible They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.” American Standard Version they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation. Contemporary English Version But they cheat widows out of their homes and pray long prayers just to show off. They will be punished most of all. English Revised Version they which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation. GOD'S WORD® Translation They rob widows by taking their houses and then say long prayers to make themselves look good. The scribes will receive the most severe punishment." Good News Translation They take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers. Their punishment will be all the worse!" International Standard Version They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!" Majority Standard Bible They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” NET Bible They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment." New Heart English Bible those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." Webster's Bible Translation Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Weymouth New Testament and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment." World English Bible those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionwho are devouring the widows’ houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these will receive more abundant judgment.” Berean Literal Bible those devouring the houses of widows, and praying at great length as a pretext. These will receive greater judgment." Young's Literal Translation who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretence are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.' Smith's Literal Translation They eating in widows' houses, and praying long for a pretext: these shall receive more abundant judgment. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer: these shall receive greater judgment. Catholic Public Domain Version who devour the houses of widows under the pretense of long prayers. These shall receive the more extensive judgment.” New American Bible They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy prayers. They will receive a very severe condemnation.” New Revised Standard Version They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThose who embezzle the property of widows, with the pretense of making long prayers. They shall receive greater judgment. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They who devour widows' houses by an offering for making their long prayers; they shall receive the greater judgment.” NT Translations Anderson New Testamentwho eat up the houses of widows, and, as a pretext, make long prayers: these shall receive more abundant condemnation. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament who devour widows’ houses, and in pretence make long prayers: such shall receive greater damnation. Mace New Testament who yet devour widows estates under the shew of making long prayers, such shall receive greater condemnation. Weymouth New Testament and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment." Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warning against the Scribes…39and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” 41As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.… Cross References Matthew 23:14 Woe 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. Luke 20:47 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” Isaiah 10:1-2 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder. Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice. Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” Jeremiah 7:6 if 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, Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place. Amos 8:4-6 Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!” Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’ Malachi 3:5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts. Matthew 23:25-28 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. / Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. ... Luke 11:39-42 Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. / You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? / But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you. ... James 5:1-6 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ... 2 Peter 2:3 In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. 2 Peter 2:14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. Treasury of Scripture Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. devour. Ezekiel 22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. Micah 2:2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. Micah 3:1-4 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? … long. Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 11:22-24 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you… Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Jump to Previous Abundant Appearance's Condemnation Damnation Devour Far Greater Hardly Heavier Houses Judged Judgment Lengthy Making Mask Offer Prayers Pretence Pretense Pretext Property Punished Punishment Receive Sake Severer Show Swallow Wickedness WidowsJump to Next Abundant Appearance's Condemnation Damnation Devour Far Greater Hardly Heavier Houses Judged Judgment Lengthy Making Mask Offer Prayers Pretence Pretense Pretext Property Punished Punishment Receive Sake Severer Show Swallow Wickedness WidowsMark 12 1. Jesus tells the parable of the tenants13. He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar; 18. convicts the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection; 28. resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment; 35. refutes the opinion that the scribes held of the Christ; 38. bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy; 41. and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all. They defraud widows of their houses The phrase "defraud widows of their houses" highlights a grievous sin committed by the religious leaders of Jesus' time. The Greek word for "defraud" is "katesthió," which means to devour or consume. This term paints a vivid picture of exploitation and greed. Widows, in the ancient Jewish context, were among the most vulnerable members of society, often lacking a male protector or provider. The Mosaic Law, as seen in Exodus 22:22-24 and Deuteronomy 27:19, explicitly commands the protection of widows, emphasizing God's care for them. The religious leaders' actions were a direct violation of these divine commands, showcasing their hypocrisy and moral corruption. This exploitation is not just a social injustice but a spiritual failing, as it reflects a heart far from God's compassion and justice. and for a show make lengthy prayers These men will receive greater condemnation Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Theyοἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. defraud κατεσθίοντες (katesthiontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 2719: To eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure. From kata and esthio; to eat down, i.e. Devour. widows χηρῶν (chērōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Strong's 5503: Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of chasma through the idea of deficiency; a widow, literally or figuratively. [of their] τὰς (tas) Article - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. houses, οἰκίας (oikias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 3614: From oikos; properly, residence, but usually an abode; by implication, a family. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. for a show προφάσει (prophasei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 4392: A pretext, an excuse. From a compound of pro and phaino; an outward showing, i.e. Pretext. make lengthy prayers. προσευχόμενοι (proseuchomenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4336: To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship. These [men] οὗτοι (houtoi) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. will receive λήμψονται (lēmpsontai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. greater περισσότερον (perissoteron) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative Strong's 4053: From peri; superabundant or superior; by implication, excessive; adverbially violently; neuter preeminence. condemnation.” κρίμα (krima) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 2917: From krino; a decision ('crime'). 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