Mark 12:40

American Standard Version (1901)

they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

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  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. [
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
  • Matt 6:7 : 7 And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
  • Matt 11:22-24 : 22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
  • Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice? 2 ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes] ; 48 but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes] . And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,

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    46Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;

    47who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

  • Matt 23:13-16
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    13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. [

    14(Ommitted)

    15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

    16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

  • Mark 12:38-39
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    38And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and [to have] salutations in the marketplaces,

    39and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:

  • Mark 12:41-43
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    41And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

    42And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

    43And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:

  • Matt 23:4-6
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    4Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

    5But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments] ,

    6and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

  • Luke 11:42-44
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    42But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

    43Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

    44Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.

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    3And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

  • Matt 23:23-25
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    23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

    24Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

    25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.

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    17And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

  • Luke 21:1-3
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    1And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.

    2And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

    3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than they all:

  • Luke 19:46
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    46saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

  • Luke 16:14-15
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    14And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

    15And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • Matt 21:13
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    13and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.

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    5And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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    9But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

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    1Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

    2When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

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    7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Matt 13:50
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    50and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • Luke 11:39
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    39And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

  • Matt 23:29
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    29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

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    7But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

  • 1 Tim 5:12
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    12having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

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    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

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    9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

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    43for they loved the glory [that is] of men more than the glory [that is] of God.

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    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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    12I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.

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