LUKE 20:47 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) but they take advantage of widows’ homes and they make their prayers long to impress others. These people will receive a harsher judgement.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT They devour the houses of widows, and for a pretext they pray at length. These will receive greater condemnation.”

UST They also steal all the property of widows. But to make other people think that they are righteous, they pray for a long time in public. God will condemn them strictly for what they have done.”

BSB [They] defraud widows [of their] houses,[fn] and for a show make lengthy prayers. These [men] will receive greater condemnation.”

BLB who devour the houses of widows, and pray at great length as a pretext. These will receive more abundant condemnation."

AICNT those who devour widows' houses; [and][fn] for a show make long prayers; they will receive the greater condemnation.”

20:47, and: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05) Latin(a i)

OEB These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretence of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier.’

WEBBE who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

LSV who devour the houses of the widows, and make long prayers for a pretense, these will receive more abundant judgment.”

FBV They cheat widows out of what they own,[fn] and cover up the kind of people they really are with long-winded prayers. They will receive severe condemnation in the judgment.”

20:47 Literally, “they devour widow's houses.”

TCNT They devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive a more severe judgment.”

T4T They swindle [MET] the houses and property of widows. Then they pretend they are good, as they pray long prayers publicly. God will certainly punish them very severely.”

LEB who devour the houses of widows and pray lengthy prayers for the sake of appearance. These will receive more severe condemnation!”

BBE Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

Moff they prey upon the property of widows and offer long unreal prayers. All the heavier will their sentence be!"

Wymth who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."
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ASV who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

DRA Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.

YLT who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

Drby who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

RV which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

SLT Who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence pray at great length; these shall receive more abundant judgment.

Wbstr Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

KJB-1769 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
( Which devour widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. )

KJB-1611 Which deuoure widowes houses and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receiue greater damnation.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation.
(Which devour widows howses under colour of long prayers: The same shall receive greater damnation.)

Gnva Which deuoure widowes houses, and in shewe make long prayers: These shall receiue greater damnation.
(Which devour widows houses, and in show make long prayers: These shall receive greater damnation. )

Cvdl They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge: These shal receaue the greater danacion.
(They devour widows houses and that under a culoure of long prayenge: These shall receive the greater danacion.)

TNT which devoure widdowes houses and that vnder a coloure of longe prayinge: the same shall receave greater damnacion.
(which devoure widdowes houses and that under a colour of long prayinge: the same shall receive greater damnacion. )

Wycl that deuouren the housis of widewis, and feynen long preiyng; these schulen take the more dampnacioun.
(that devouring the houses of widows, and feynen long preiing; these should take the more damnation.)

Luth Sie fressen der Witwen Häuser und wenden lange Gebete vor; die werden desto schwerere Verdammnis empfangen.
(They/She eat the/of_the widows houses and turn_around long prayers before/in_front_of; the become the_more heavy/difficultre Verdammnis received.)

ClVg qui devorant domos viduarum, simulantes longam orationem: hi accipient damnationem majorem.
(who/which they_devour houses a_widowrum, at_the_same_timeantes longam speech: these they_will_receive damnation greater. )

UGNT οἳ κατεσθίουσιν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν, καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσεύχονται; οὗτοι λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα.
(hoi katesthiousin tas oikias tōn ⱪaʸrōn, kai profasei makra proseuⱪontai; houtoi laʸmpsontai perissoteron krima.)

SBL-GNT οἳ κατεσθίουσιν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσεύχονται· οὗτοι λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα.
(hoi katesthiousin tas oikias tōn ⱪaʸrōn kai profasei makra proseuⱪontai; houtoi laʸmpsontai perissoteron krima.)

RP-GNT οἳ κατεσθίουσιν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν, καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσεύχονται. Οὗτοι λήψονται περισσότερον κρίμα.
(hoi katesthiousin tas oikias tōn ⱪaʸrōn, kai profasei makra proseuⱪontai. Houtoi laʸpsontai perissoteron krima.)

TC-GNT οἳ κατεσθίουσι τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν, καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσεύχονται. Οὗτοι [fn]λήψονται περισσότερον κρίμα.
(hoi katesthiousi tas oikias tōn ⱪaʸrōn, kai profasei makra proseuⱪontai. Houtoi laʸpsontai perissoteron krima. )

20:47 ληψονται ¦ λημψονται CT

Key for above GNTs: orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 20:45–47: Jesus warned his disciples about the scribes

In this section Jesus warned his disciples about the scribes. He told them that the scribes were proud. They wanted people to notice them and to admire and praise them. They were also greedy and took the possessions of poor widows. Jesus warned his disciples not to follow the bad example of these scribes or act the way they acted.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some other examples of headings for this section are:

Jesus denounces the scribes

Beware of the Scribes (ESV)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 23:1–8 and Mark 12:38–40.

20:47a

They defraud widows of their houses,

They take the property of widows from them,
They enrich themselves by cheating widows out of their property/money.

They defraud widows of their houses: The Greek clause that the BSB translates literally as They defraud widows of their houses is literally “who devour/eat the houses of widows.” This phrase an idiom. It indicates that the teachers of the religious law often tried to get as much money as they could from widows. The text does not specify how they did this. They may have persuaded the widows to give them generous gifts. Some other ways to translate this are:

But they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property (NLT96)

They persuade/manipulate widows to give them everything they have

They exploit widows and take their possessions and homes

If you have an idiom or phrase in your language that expresses this meaning, consider using it here. For example:

They fatten themselves by consuming the possessions/money of widows

houses: The word houses here is a figure of speech. It includes the widows’ money and other possessions, in addition to their homes.

20:47b

and for a show make lengthy prayers.

and then they pray long prayers to cause people to think that they are devoted to God.
Then they pray prayers with many words so that people will say, ‘They are so good/holy.’

and for a show make lengthy prayers: This phrase implies that the scribes only pretended to be godly when they prayed. They prayed long prayers in public, wanting people to think that they were close to God. In reality, they were greedy and corrupt. See Matthew 6:5–8. Some other ways to translate this phrase are:

and then say long prayers to make themselves look good (GW)

and then try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers (NCV)

for a show make lengthy prayers: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as for a show means “for a pretense.” The scribes prayed long prayers because they wanted to impress people. They wanted people to think that they were righteous, so they prayed long prayers in public where other people could see and hear them. Some ways to translate this are:

say long prayers to make themselves look good (GW)

pray long prayers so people will think they are righteous

and then make a show of saying long prayers (GNT)

In some languages it may be helpful to use indirect speech here to express what the scribes wanted people to think. For example:

They pray long prayers so that people will say, “They are so righteous!”

make lengthy prayers: The Greek word that the BSB translates as make…prayers is literally “praying.” It refers to speaking to God. In this context it refers to formal prayers that the teachers prayed aloud in public. The phrase make lengthy prayers indicates that when the teachers prayed in public, they prayed for a long time. Some ways to translate this are:

pray for a long time

pray with many words

Some languages may use different words to refer to specific kinds of prayer, such as requests, thanks, or praise. Here you should use a word or phrase that has a general meaning.

20:47c

These men will receive greater condemnation.”

They will receive much greater punishment than other people.”
God will punish these people more severely than he will punish anyone else.”
God will punish them much more than he will punish others.”

These men will receive greater condemnation: The Greek expression that the BSB translates as These men will receive greater condemnation is more literally “They will receive the greater condemnation.” The RSV and several other English versions translate it that way. There is an implied comparison here. The clause implies that the scribes will be punished more than other people will be punished. In some languages it may be necessary to make the comparison explicit:

They will be punished more severely than other people.

greater condemnation: The Greek word that the BSB translates as greater means “very great, much greater.” For example:

They will receive much more severe punishment

In some languages it may be necessary to indicate who will punish the scribes. If that is true in your language, you should indicate that God will punish them. For example:

God will punish them much more severely/greatly than he will punish anyone else.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

οἳ κατεσθίουσιν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἵ κατεσθίουσιν τάς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καί προφάσει μακρᾷ προσεύχονται Οὗτοι λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα)

Jesus speaks of the houses of widows to mean their wealth and possessions, which they would have in their houses. Alternate translation: [They defraud widows of everything they own]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οἳ κατεσθίουσιν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν

Jesus says that the scribes devour or eat up the possessions of widows to mean that they continually ask the widows for money until the widows have none left. Alternate translation: [They defraud widows of everything they own]

προφάσει μακρὰ προσεύχονται

˱for˲_˓a˒_under_pretense (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἵ κατεσθίουσιν τάς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καί προφάσει μακρᾷ προσεύχονται Οὗτοι λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα)

Here, pretext refers to something that someone would do in order to appear a certain way. Alternate translation: [in order to seem godly, they offer long prayers]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

οὗτοι λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα

Jesus is using the word condemnation to mean the punishment that a person would receive after being condemned (found guilty) for doing something wrong. Alternate translation: [These scribes will receive greater punishment]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὗτοι λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα

The implication seems to be that these proud and greedy scribes will receive greater punishment than they would have if they had not pretended to be so godly. It is also implicit that God will be the one who punishes them. Alternate translation: [God will punish these scribes more severely because they do all these wrong things while pretending to be godly]

Parallel LUKE 20:47

Section 20:45–47: Jesus warned his disciples about the scribes

20:47a

20:47b

20:47c