Mark 12:40

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Matt 23:13 : 13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
  • Matt 6:7 : 7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
  • Matt 11:22-24 : 22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to Heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."
  • Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of it, 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 of it.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, And rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice? 2 You who hate the good, And love the evil; Who tear off their skin, 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 they will cry to Yahweh, But he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, Because they made their deeds evil."
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, 48 but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
  • 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

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  • Luke 20:46-47
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    94%

    46"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

    47who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."

  • Matt 23:13-16
    4 verses
    89%

    13"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

    14"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.{Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13.}

    15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

    16"Woe to you, 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%

    38In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

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

  • Mark 12:41-43
    3 verses
    77%

    41Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.

    42A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins,{Literally, lepta (or widow's mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.} which equal a quadrans coin.{A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day's wages for an agricultural laborer.}

    43He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

  • Matt 23:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

    5But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

    6and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

  • Luke 11:42-44
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    72%

    42But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

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

    44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

  • 2 Pet 2:3
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    3In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

  • Matt 23:23-25
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    70%

    23"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

    24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

    25"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.{TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of "unrighteousness"}

  • Mark 11:17
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    17He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!"

  • Luke 21:1-3
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    70%

    1He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.

    2He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.{literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's wages for an agricultural laborer.}

    3He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

  • Luke 19:46
    70%

    46saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"

  • Luke 16:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

    15He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • Matt 21:13
    70%

    13He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"

  • Matt 6:5
    70%

    5"When you pray, you 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 by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

  • Matt 13:42
    69%

    42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 15:9
    69%

    9And in vain do they worship me, Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    69%

    1"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.

  • Matt 15:7
    68%

    7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Matt 13:50
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    50and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

  • Isa 10:2
    68%

    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
    68%

    39The Lord said to him, "Now you 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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    29"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

  • Mark 7:7
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    7But 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 rejected their first pledge.

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

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

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

  • John 12:43
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    43for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.

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

  • Luke 12:1
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    1Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Luke 12:18
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    18He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

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

  • Matt 6:16
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    16"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.