Luke 20:47 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴⁷ “who devour widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. They shall receive greater judgment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁷ which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁷ Who make away with and devour widows' houses, and [to cover it up] with pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation (the heavier sentence, the severer punishment).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁷ who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

Common English Bible

⁴⁷ They are the ones who cheat widows out of their homes, and to show off they say long prayers. They will be judged most harshly.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁷ who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayers. These will receive the greater damnation."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁷ Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.

Luke 20:47 Cross References

Isaiah 10:2

to keep the needy back from right-ruling, and to take what is right from the poor of My people, that widows become their prey, and orphans their plunder.

Ezekiel 22:7

“They have despised father and mother within you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst. They have wronged the fatherless and the widow within you.

Ezekiel 33:31

“And they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love – their hearts pursue their greedy gain.

Amos 2:7

who crush the head of the poor ones in the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father go in to the same girl, to defile My set-apart Name.

Micah 2:2

And they coveted fields and seized them, also houses, and took them away. And they oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

Micah 2:8

“And lately My people have risen up as an enemy. You strip off the robe with the garment from those who trust you, as they pass by – those returning from battle.

Micah 3:2

you who are hating good and loving evil, tearing away the skin from My people, and the flesh from their bones,

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Matthew 23:14

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you eat up widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. Because of this you shall receive greater judgment.

Mark 12:40

who are devouring widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. These shall receive greater judgment.”

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when an innumerable crowd of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His taught ones, first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 20:46

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the market-places, and the best seats in the congregations, and the best places at feasts,

Luke 21:1

And looking up He saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with a word of flattery, as you know, nor with a cloak for greed – Elohim is witness –

Titus 1:16

They profess to know Elohim, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

James 3:1

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.