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12 aAnd whoever exalts himself will be1 humbled, and he who humbles himself will be2 exalted.  
13 “But awoe 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.  
14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! aFor you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.  
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of1 hell as yourselves.  
16 “Woe to you, ablind guides, who say, b‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’  
17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold aor the temple that sanctifies the gold?  
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’
19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift aor the altar that sanctifies the gift?  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Matthew 23:14

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
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Galatians 5:15

 

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