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Beware of the Scribes

45 aThen, in the hearing of all the people, He said to His disciples,  
46 a“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, blove greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,  
47 awho devour widows’ houses, and for a bpretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.” 
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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Luke 20:47

devour, etc.—taking advantage of their helpless condition and confiding character, 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 "the scribes!"






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