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

45While all the people were listening, he said to his disciples, 46“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgment.”

Luke 20:47 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• devourκατεσθίωkatesthiō · to devourG2719
• widows’ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• widows’χήραchēra · widowG5503
• housesοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• for a shewπρόφασιςprophasis · pretenseG4392
• makeπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• longμακρόςmakros · long/distantG3117
• the sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• shall receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• greaterπερισσόςperissos · excessiveG4053
• damnationκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917

Cross-references for Luke 20:47

• Isaiah 10:2to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.
• Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,
• Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the resident alien is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.
• Amos 2:7They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and obstruct the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning my holy name.
• Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,
• Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.
• Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.
• Mark 12:40They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgment.”
• 2 Timothy 3:6For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions,
• Luke 12:1Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Ezekiel 33:31So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
• Matthew 23:26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside of it may also become clean.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:5For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy motives — God is our witness —
• 2 Timothy 3:2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• Luke 10:12I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable 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