40 (A)who devour widows’ houses, and [a]for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

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  1. Mark 12:40 for appearance’ sake

40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

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47 (A)who devour widows’ houses, and for a (B)pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

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47 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

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33 Serpents, (A)brood[a] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?

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  1. Matthew 23:33 offspring

33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(A) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(B)

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13 “But (A)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

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Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!(A) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.(B)

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And when you pray, (A)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. (B)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

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And when you pray, do not keep on babbling(A) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.(B)

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For (A)of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

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They are the kind who worm their way(A) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

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47 And (A)that servant who (B)knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 (C)But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

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47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.(A) 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.(B) From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

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22 But I say to you, (A)it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, (B)who[a] are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say to you (C)that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”

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  1. Matthew 11:23 NU will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be

22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.(A) 23 And you, Capernaum,(B) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[a](C) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”(D)

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  1. Matthew 11:23 That is, the realm of the dead

Wicked Rulers and Prophets

And I said:

“Hear now, O heads of Jacob,
And you (A)rulers of the house of Israel:
(B)Is it not for you to know justice?
You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
Who also (C)eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
(D)Like flesh in the caldron.”

Then (E)they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not hear them;
He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds.

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  1. Micah 3:2 Lit. them

Leaders and Prophets Rebuked

Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders(A) of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(B)
who eat my people’s flesh,(C)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(D)
who chop(E) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(F)

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.(G)
At that time he will hide his face(H) from them
    because of the evil they have done.(I)

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25 (A)The conspiracy of her [a]prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they (B)have devoured [b]people; (C)they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:25 So with MT, Vg.; LXX princes; Tg. scribes
  2. Ezekiel 22:25 Lit. souls

25 There is a conspiracy(A) of her princes[a] within her like a roaring lion(B) tearing its prey; they devour people,(C) take treasures and precious things and make many widows(D) within her.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:25 Septuagint; Hebrew prophets

They (A)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

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They covet fields(A) and seize them,(B)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud(C) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.(D)

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