Graphic Bible · Scene 14 of 39

A widow stands by her modest home as a predatory leader seeks its property, depicted as Jesus’s warning rather than a named historical event.
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Matthew 23:14

Widows and Long Prayers

Jesus Warns the Leaders and Laments Jerusalem · Matthew 23

Story guide: The widow and public prayer scenes illustrate the conduct Jesus condemns, rather than a named historical incident.

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14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretext make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

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