Mark 12:40

KJV1611 – Modern English

who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.

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  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: they will receive greater condemnation.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?
  • Matt 6:7 : 7 But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathens do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
  • Matt 11:22-24 : 22 But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.
  • Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip 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; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron. 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and lead captive gullible women loaded with sins, led away by various lusts,

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  • Luke 20:46-47
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    94%

    46Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at feasts;

    47Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: they will receive greater condemnation.

  • Matt 23:13-16
    4 verses
    89%

    13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.

    14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: therefore you shall receive greater condemnation.

    15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

    16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated!

  • Mark 12:38-39
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    81%

    38Then he said to them in his teaching, 'Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces,

    39the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,

  • Mark 12:41-43
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    41Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.

    42Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a penny.

    43So he called his disciples to him and said to them, 'Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury;

  • Matt 23:4-6
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    4For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

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

    6and love the best places at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues,

  • Luke 11:42-44
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    42But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every kind of herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

    43Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets.

    44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.

  • 2 Pet 2:3
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    3And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.

  • Matt 23:23-25
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    23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

    24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.

    25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.

  • Mark 11:17
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    17And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but you have made it a den of thieves.

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

    2And he also saw a certain poor widow casting in there two small coins.

    3And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all of them:

  • Luke 19:46
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    46Saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.

  • Luke 16:14-15
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    14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they ridiculed him.

    15And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

  • Matt 21:13
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    13And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

  • Matt 6:5
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    5And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 15:9
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    9But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

  • Matt 15:7
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    7You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Matt 13:50
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    50And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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

  • Luke 11:39
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    39And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.

  • Matt 23:29
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    29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

  • Mark 7:7
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    7However, in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

  • 1 Tim 5:12
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    12Having condemnation because they have cast off their first faith.

  • Matt 23:27
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    27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

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    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • John 12:43
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    43for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Luke 12:1
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    1Meanwhile, when there was gathered together a vast multitude of people, so much that they trampled one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Luke 12:18
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    18And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

  • Luke 18:12
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    12I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.

  • Matt 6:16
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    16Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.