Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, etc.—Taking advantage of the helpless condition and confiding character of "widows," they contrived to obtain possession of their property, while by their "long prayers" they made them believe they were raised far above "filthy lucre." So much "the greater damnation" awaits them. What a lifelike description of the Romish clergy, the true successors of those scribes!
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Matthew 23:14:
Isaiah 3:14
Ezekiel 22:25
Luke 11:41
Galatians 5:15
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