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

45Then in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, 46Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; Who devour widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall 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
• widowsχήραchēra · widowG5503
• housesοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• showπρόφασιςprophasis · pretenseG4392
• makeπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• longμακρόςmakros · long/distantG3117
• sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• greaterπερισσότεροςperissoteros · more excessiveG4055
• condemnationκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917

Cross-references for Luke 20:47

• Isaiah 10:2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
• Jeremiah 7:6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your harm:
• Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they oppressed the fatherless and the widow.
• Amos 2:7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in to the same maid, to profane my holy name:
• Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
• Micah 2:2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Micah 3:2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
• Matthew 23:14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
• Mark 12:40Who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.
• 2 Timothy 3:6For of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts,
• Luke 12:1In the mean time, when there was gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trampled one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Ezekiel 33:31And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
• Matthew 23:26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
• 2 Timothy 3:2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
• Luke 10:12But I say to you, that it shall 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