Mark 12:40
Which deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers. These shall receiue the greater damnation.
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- Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
- Luke 20:47 : 47 Which deuoure widowes houses, and in shewe make long prayers: These shall receiue greater damnation.
- Matt 23:33 : 33 O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell!
- Matt 6:7 : 7 Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.
- Matt 11:22-24 : 22 But I say to you, It shalbe easier for Tyrus and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art lifted vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: for if the great workes, which haue bin done in thee, had bene done among them of Sodom, they had remained to this day. 24 But I say vnto you, that it shall be easier for them of the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement, then for thee.
- Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracie of her prophets in the mids thereof like a roaring lyon, rauening the praye: they haue deuoured soules: they haue taken the riches and precious things: they haue made her many widowes in the mids thereof.
- Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I sayd, Heare, I pray you, O heads of Iaakob, and yee princes of the house of Israel: should not ye knowe iudgement? 2 But they hate the good, and loue the euill: they plucke off their skinnes from them, & their flesh from their bones. 3 And they eate also the flesh of my people, & flay off their skinne from them, & they breake their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they crye vnto the Lorde, but he will not heare them: he wil euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.
- Luke 12:47-48 : 47 And that seruant that knewe his masters will, and prepared not himselfe, neither did according to his will, shalbe beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knewe it not, and yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with fewe stripes: for vnto whomsoeuer much is giuen, of him shalbe much required, and to whom men much commit, the more of him will they aske.
- 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of this sort are they which creepe into houses, and leade captiue simple women laden with sinnes, and led with diuers lustes,
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- Luke 20:46-472 verses94%
46Beware of the Scribes, which willingly go in long robes, and loue salutations in the markets, and the hiest seates in the assemblies, and the chiefe roomes at feastes:
47Which deuoure widowes houses, and in shewe make long prayers: These shall receiue greater damnation.
- Matt 23:13-164 verses89%
13Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
14Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers: wherefore ye shall receiue the greater damnation.
15Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and land to make one of your profession: and when he is made, ye make him two folde more the childe of hell, then you your selues.
16Wo be vnto you blinde guides, which say, Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple, he offendeth.
- Mark 12:38-392 verses81%
38Moreouer he saide vnto them in his doctrine, Beware of the Scribes which loue to goe in long robes, & loue salutations in the markets,
39And the chiefe seates in the Synagogues, and the first roumes at feastes,
- Mark 12:41-433 verses77%
41And as Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasurie, and many rich men cast in much.
42And there came a certaine poore widowe, & she threw in two mites, which make a quadrin.
43Then he called vnto him his disciples, and said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hath cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.
- Matt 23:4-63 verses72%
4For they binde heauie burdens, & grieuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders, but they themselues will not moue them with one of their fingers.
5All their workes they doe for to be seene of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and make long the frindges of their garments,
6And loue the chiefe place at feastes, and to haue the chiefe seates in the assemblies,
- Luke 11:42-443 verses72%
42But wo be to you, Pharises: for ye tithe the mynt and the rewe, and all maner herbs, and passe ouer iudgement & the loue of God: these ought yee to haue done, and not to haue left the other vndone.
43Wo be to you, Pharises: for ye loue the vppermost seats in the Synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, perceiue not.
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3And through couetousnes shall they with fained words make marchandise of you, whose condemnation long since resteth not, and their destruction slumbreth not.
- Matt 23:23-253 verses70%
23Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye tithe mynt, & annyse, & cummyn, & leaue the weightier matters of the law, as iudgement, and mercy and fidelitie. These ought ye to haue done, and not to haue left the other.
24Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.
25Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse.
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17And he taught, saying vnto them, Is it not written, Mine house shalbe called the house of prayer vnto all nations? but you haue made it a denne of theeues.
- Luke 21:1-33 verses70%
1And as he behelde, he sawe the rich men, which cast their giftes into the treasurie.
2And he sawe also a certaine poore widowe which cast in thither two mites:
3And he sayd, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hath cast in more then they all.
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46Saying vnto them, It is written, Mine house is the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.
- Luke 16:14-152 verses70%
14All these thinges heard the Pharises also which were couetous, and they scoffed at him.
15Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
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13And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.
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5And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they loue to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streetes, because they would be seene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
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42And shall cast them into a fornace of fire. There shalbe wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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9But in vaine they worship me, teaching for doctrines, mens precepts.
- Matt 6:1-22 verses69%
1Take heede that ye giue not your almes before men, to be seene of them, or els ye shall haue no reward of your Father which is in heaue.
2Therefore when thou giuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, to be praysed of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
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7O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,
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50And shall cast them into a fornace of fire: there shalbe wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
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2To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.
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39And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse.
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29Wo be vnto you, Scribes & Pharises, hypocrites: for ye build the tombes of the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
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7But they worship me in vaine, teaching for doctrines the commandements of men.
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12Hauing damnation, because they haue broken the first faith.
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27Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are like vnto whited tombes, which appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and all filthines.
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37For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.
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9For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.
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43For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.
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21So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.
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1In the meane time, there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trode one another: and he began to say vnto his disciples first, Take heede to your selues of the leauen of the Pharises, which is hypocrisie.
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18And he said, This wil I do, I wil pul downe my barnes, and builde greater, and therein will I gather all my fruites, and my goods.
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12I fast twise in the weeke: I giue tithe of all that euer I possesse.
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16Moreouer, when ye fast, looke not sowre as the hypocrites: for they disfigure their faces, that they might seeme vnto men to fast. Verely I say vnto you, that they haue their rewarde.