to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Luke 20:47 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive 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 deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
*Woe to you, scribes and Perushim, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
*But woe to you, scribes and Perushim, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.*
Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his talmidim first of all, *Beware of the yeast of the Perushim, which is hypocrisy.
*Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.