Mark 12:40
They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”
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- Matt 23:13 : 13 “But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
- Luke 20:47 : 47 They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”
- Matt 23:33 : 33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
- Matt 6:7 : 7 When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
- 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 exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day. 24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”
- Ezek 22:25 : 25 Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
- Mic 3:1-4 : 1 God Will Judge Judah’s Sinful Leaders I said,“Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just, 2 yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones. 3 You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot– like meat in a kettle. 4 Someday these sinful leaders will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”
- Luke 12:47-48 : 47 That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know his master’s will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.
- 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.
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- Luke 20:46-472 verses94%
46“Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
47They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”
- Mark 12:38-392 verses81%
38Warnings About Experts in the Law In his teaching Jesus also said,“Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,
39and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
- Mark 12:41-433 verses77%
41The Widow’s Offering Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.
42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
43He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.
- Matt 23:4-63 verses72%
4They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
5They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
6They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
- Luke 11:42-443 verses72%
42“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.
43Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!
44Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”
- Matt 23:15-162 verses71%
15“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!
16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
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3And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
- Matt 23:23-253 verses70%
23“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!
25“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
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17Then he began to teach them and said,“Is it not written:‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”
- Luke 21:1-33 verses70%
1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.
2He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
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46saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”
- Luke 16:14-152 verses70%
14More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
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13And he said to them,“It is written,‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”
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5Private Prayer“Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward!
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13“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
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42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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9and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
- Matt 6:1-22 verses69%
1Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
2Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!
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7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
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50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
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39But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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29“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
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7They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’
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12and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.
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27“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.
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37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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43For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
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21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
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1Fear God, Not People Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples,“Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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18Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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12I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’
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16Proper Fasting“When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!