You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Matthew 23:14 - Modern King James Version Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and pray at length as a pretense. Therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation. 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. American Standard Version (1901)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. |
You have 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 to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of Heaven against men. For you neither go in, nor do you allow those entering to go in.
Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?
who devour widows' houses, and as a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.
But he not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomever much is given, of him much shall be required. And to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
who devour widows' houses, and make long prayers for a show; the same shall receive a more severe condemnation.
For of these are those who creep into houses and lead captive silly women loaded with sins, led away with different kinds of lusts,
For there are indeed many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
My brothers, do not be many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children
And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.