to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Luke 20:47 - English Standard Version 2016 who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation. Common English Bible 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 who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayers. These will receive the greater damnation." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation. |
to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned;
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy; you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly with no thought of war.
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box,
For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness.
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.