Luke 20:47

New American Standard Bible 2020

who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”

Cross References

Isaiah 10:2

So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor among My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.

Ezekiel 22:7

They have treated father and mother with contempt among you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst; they have oppressed the orphan and the widow among you.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them; for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart follows their unlawful gain.

Amos 2:7

“These who trample the head of the helpless to the dust of the earth Also divert the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl So as to profane My holy name.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.

Micah 2:8

“Recently My people have arisen as an enemy— You strip the robe off the garment From unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war.

Micah 3:2

“You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Mark 12:40

who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”

Luke 12:1

Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 20:46

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love personal greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,

Luke 21:1

Now He looked up and saw the wealthy putting their gifts into the temple treasury.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is our witness—

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

James 3:1

Do not become teachers in large numbers, my brothers, since you know that we who are teachers will incur a stricter judgment.