Scripture
““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
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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