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"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.
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A Curse on Obstruction
Jesus issues a 'woe,' which commentators describe as a solemn curse or judicial pronouncement, not just a mild rebuke. Their primary sin was actively obstructing people's path to salvation. Scholars explain they acted as gatekeepers who, instead of opening the door to God's kingdom through truth, slammed it shut through false teaching, human traditions, and opposition to Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Woe to you. You are guilty, and punishment will come to you. He proceeds to state in what way they were guilty.
This most eloquent,…
Hypocrites (υποκριτα). This terrible word of Jesus appears first from him in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:2,5,16…
19th Century
Anglican
Woe to you — In these verses, we encounter the sternest words of condemnation that ever came from our Lord’s lips. However, it is …
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Baptist
While our Savior was speaking to the people and His disciples, the scribes and Pharisees may have again drawn near. At any rate, His next words wer…
A “woe” (GK 4026) can be a compassionate “alas!” (24:19), a strong condemnation (11:21), or a combination of the two (18:17; 26:24). In this chapte…
16th Century
Protestant
You shut up the kingdom of heaven. Christ pronounces a curse on them because they pervert their office to the general destruction of the w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites It seems from hence, that the Scribes and Pharisees had not left …
The scribes and Pharisees were enemies of the gospel of Christ, and therefore of the salvation of people's souls. It is bad to keep away from Chris…
13th Century
Catholic
After He instructed the disciples and the multitudes about the caution they should have regarding the Jews' doctrine, He now directs His words to t…
