47Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
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Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. …
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-47)The scribes were students in the law, and expositors of it to the people, men in reputation for wisdom and honour, but the generality of them were enemies to Christ and his gospel. Now here we have some of them attending him, and four things we have in these verses concerning them, which we had before:— I. We have them here commending the reply which Christ made to the Sadducees concerning the res…
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