If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Luke 5:33 - English Standard Version 2016 And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, 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? |
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
“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.”
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification.
And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying,