Matthew 23:13
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.Matthew 23:13 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — માથ્થી ૨૩:૧૩
- ઓ શાસ્ત્રીઓ તથા ફરોશીઓ, ઢોંગીઓ, તમને અફસોસ છે! કેમ કે લોકોની સામે તમે સ્વર્ગનું રાજ્ય બંધ કરો છો; કેમ કે તેમાં તમે પોતે પેસતા નથી, અને જેઓ પ્રવેશવા ચાહે છે તેઓને તમે પ્રવેશવા દેતા નથી.
- हिन्दी — मत्ती २३:१३
- “हे कपटी शास्त्रियों और फरीसियों तुम पर हाय! तुम मनुष्यों के विरोध में स्वर्ग के राज्य का द्वार बन्द करते हो, न तो आप ही उसमें प्रवेश करते हो और न उसमें प्रवेश करनेवालों को प्रवेश करने देते हो।
In context
11But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
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.
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
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