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Mark 12:40
those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

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Mark 12:39
and to get the best seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts,

Luke 20:45
In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,

Luke 20:46
“Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

Luke 20:47
who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

Romans 13:2
Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

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Matthew 23:14
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

2 Timothy 3:6
For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made many widows within it.

Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, then take them away. They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

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Exodus 22:22
“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

Exodus 22:23
If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

Exodus 22:24
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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