Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law – even his prayer is detestable.
Luke 5:33 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then they said to him, ‘John’s disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but yours eat and drink.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they said to Him, The disciples of John practice fasting often and offer up prayers of [special] petition, and so do [the disciples] of the Pharisees also, but Yours eat and drink. American Standard Version (1901) And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink. Common English Bible Some people said to Jesus, “The disciples of John fast often and pray frequently. The disciples of the Pharisees do the same, but your disciples are always eating and drinking.” Catholic Public Domain Version But they said to him, "Why do the disciples of John fast frequently, and make supplications, and those of the Pharisees act similarly, while yours eat and drink?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but thine eat and drink? |
Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law – even his prayer is detestable.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
When you eat and drink, don’t you eat and drink simply for yourselves?
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in. ,
They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgement.’
He was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.’
and was a widow for eighty-four years. She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgement.’
Jesus said to them, ‘You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.
‘Get up and go to the street called Straight,’ the Lord said to him, ‘to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.