^40 (A)who devour widows' houses and ^(B)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

^47 (A)who devour widows' houses and ^(B)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

¹³ “But woe ^(A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^(B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you ^(C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.^[a]

³³ You serpents, ^(A)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^(B)hell?

⁷ “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as ^(A)the Gentiles do, for ^(B)they think that they will be heard ^(C)for their many words.

⁶ For among them are ^(A)those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,

^47 (A)And that servant who ^(B)knew his master's will but ^(C)did not get ready ^(D)or act according to his will, will receive a ^(E)severe beating. ^48 (F)But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, ^(G)will receive a light beating. ^(H)Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

^22 (A)But I tell you, it will be more bearable on ^(B)the day of judgment for ^(C)Tyre and Sidon than for you. ²³ And you, ^(D)Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to ^(E)Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ^24 (F)But I tell you that ^(G)it will be more tolerable on ^(H)the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

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