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Matthew 23:14
1599 Geneva Bible
Matthew 23:14
1599 Geneva Bible
14 (A)[a]Woe be unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour widows’ houses, even [b]under a color of long prayers: wherefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
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- Matthew 23:14 It is a common thing among hypocrites, to abuse the pretence of zeal to covetousness and extortion.
- Matthew 23:14 Word for word, under a color of long praying. And this word, Even, noteth a double naughtiness in them: the one, that they devoured widows’ goods: the other, that they did it under a color of godliness.
Luke 20:47
1599 Geneva Bible
Luke 20:47
1599 Geneva Bible
47 Which devour widow’s [a]houses, and in show make long prayers: These shall receive greater damnation.
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- Luke 20:47 This is spoken by the figure Metonymy, houses, for the goods and substance.
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