Luke 16:14 - New International Version (Anglicised) The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the Pharisees, who were covetous and lovers of money, heard all these things [taken together], and they began to sneer at and ridicule and scoff at Him. American Standard Version (1901) And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him. Common English Bible The Pharisees, who were money-lovers, heard all this and sneered at Jesus. Catholic Public Domain Version But the Pharisees, who were greedy, were listening to all these things. And they ridiculed him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. |
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, they seek their own gain.
‘From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practise deceit.
Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practise deceit.
My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
‘Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
he said, ‘Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.’ But they laughed at him.
Then he said to them, ‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.’
They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.’
The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.’
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,