Matthew 23:14
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.”
προσεύχομαι
To pray, to make supplication. Proseuchomai. Pray without ceasing. Prayer is not a scheduled activity. It is the ongoing conversation of a heart in relationship with God.
χήρα
widows
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χήρα
Widow. Chera. A widow who had given everything she had. Jesus noticed and commended what no one else saw. God sees your hidden faithfulness and values it eternally.
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οἰκία
houses
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οἰκία
A house, a household, a family dwelling. In My Father's house are many rooms. Your eternal home is being prepared by Jesus Himself right now.
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ὑποκριτής
hypocrites
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ὑποκριτής
an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"
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Φαρισαῖος
Pharisees
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Φαρισαῖος
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
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κρίμα
judgment.
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κρίμα
a decision (the function or the effect, for or against ("crime"))
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λαμβάνω
you will receive
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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κατεσθίω
you devour
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κατεσθίω
to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively)
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περισσότερος
more excessive
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περισσότερος
more superabundant (in number, degree or character)
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μακράν
long
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μακράν
at a distance (literally or figuratively)
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πρόφασις
as a pretext
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πρόφασις
an outward showing, i.e. pretext
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γραμματεύς
scribes
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