Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Matthew 23:14 - American Standard Version (1901)Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you swallow up widows' houses and for a pretense to cover it up make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation and the heavier sentence. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you consume the houses of widows, praying long prayers. Because of this, you shall receive the greater judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment. |
Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
they that devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.
but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.
For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,
For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,
Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;
And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.