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Mat 23:14 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

for ye		Josephus says that this sect pretended to a more exact knowledge of the law, on which account the women were subject to them, as pretending to be dear to God. Exd 22:22-24; Job 22:9; Job 31:16-20; Mar 12:40; Luk 20:47; 2Ti 3:6; Tts 1:10,11; 2Pe 2:14,15
long		That these were long we learn from Bab. Berachoth, where we are told that the very religious prayed nine hours a day.
therefore		Mat 23:33; Mat 11:24; Luk 12:48; Jam 3:1; 2Pe 2:3

Correlating Passages

for ye

	Exd 22:22	Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
	Exd 22:23	If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
	Exd 22:24	And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
	Job 22:9	Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
	Job 31:16	If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
	Job 31:17	Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
	Job 31:18	(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
	Job 31:19	If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
	Job 31:20	If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
	Mar 12:40	Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
	Luk 20:47	Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
	2Ti 3:6	For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
	Tts 1:10	For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
	Tts 1:11	Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
	2Pe 2:14	Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
	2Pe 2:15	Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

therefore

	Mat 23:33	[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
	Mat 11:24	But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
	Luk 12:48	But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
	Jam 3:1	My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
	2Pe 2:3	And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 23:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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