Luke 20:47

Luke 20:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
• New International Version (NIV)They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."
• New King James Version (NKJV)who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

Context of Luke 20:47

45In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples, 46“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets. They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

Luke 20:47 word by word

οἳ κατεσθίουσιν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσεύχονται· οὗτοι λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα.¶Read the interlinear

• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• defraudκατεσθίωkatesthiō · to devourG2719
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• widowsχήραchēra · widowG5503
• housesοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• for a showπρόφασιςprophasis · pretenseG4392
• make lengthy prayersπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• make lengthy prayersμακρόςmakros · long/distantG3117
• Theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• will receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• greaterπερισσόςperissos · excessiveG4053
• condemnationκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917

Cross-references for Luke 20:47

• Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
• Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
• Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
• Amos 2:7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
• Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
• Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
• Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
• Mark 12:40They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
• 2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
• Luke 12:1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
• Matthew 23:26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:5As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
• 2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

Commentaries on Luke 20:47

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45-47Verses 45-47 See Matthew 23:1.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-47Verses 39-47 The scribes commended the reply Christ made to the Sadducees about the resurrection, but they were silenced by a question concerning the Messiah. Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son. The scribes would receive the severest judgement for defrauding the poor widows, and for their abuse of religion, particularly of prayer, which they used as a pretence for carrying on worldly and wicked plans. Dissembled piety is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47They defraud widows: This might mean taking advantage of widows' property that they should have protected. It could also mean forcing widows to give more money than they could afford. Widows were the most vulnerable members of society. God had special concern for them. He would judge those who took advantage of them (Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 10:18; 27:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-4746-47. Beware, &c.--(See on Mt 23:5; and Lu 14:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 20:47

• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Prayer
• Pride
• Punishment
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Damn; Damnation; Damnable
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Scribes
• Shew, Show
• scribe

Commentaries on Luke 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings