Verse 40

They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.'

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  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 They devour widows’ houses and make long prayers for appearance’s sake. These will receive a greater condemnation.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?
  • Matt 6:7 : 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
  • Matt 11:22-24 : 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.
  • Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets within her, like a roaring lion that tears its prey; they have devoured lives, seized treasure and precious things, and made many widows within her.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 Then I said: "Hear now, leaders of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not your responsibility to know justice? 2 You who hate good and love evil; you tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones. 3 You eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot, like flesh in a cauldron. 4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done.
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will, will be beaten with many blows. 48 But the one who did not know and did things deserving of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 They are the kind who creep into homes and capture weak-willed women who are burdened with sins and led astray by various desires.