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

45And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples, 46“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These 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

• whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• devourκατεσθίωkatesthiō · to devourG2719
• widows’χήραchēra · widowG5503
• housesοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• and for appearance’sπρόφασιςprophasis · pretenseG4392
• offerπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• longμακρόςmakros · 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 10:2So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.
• Jeremiah 7:6if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
• Ezekiel 22:7They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.
• Amos 2:7These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name.
• Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,
• Micah 2:2They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
• Micah 3:2You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
• Matthew 23:14[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
• Mark 12:40who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”
• 2 Timothy 3:6For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
• Luke 12:1Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Ezekiel 33:31They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.
• Matthew 23:26You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:5For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is witness--
• 2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• Luke 10:12I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

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