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“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.”
— Jesus, Matthew 23:14
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“Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.”
— Jesus, Mark 12:40
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“And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.”
— Mark 12:42
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“And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:”
— Jesus, Mark 12:43
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“And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.”
— Luke 2:37
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“But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;”
— Jesus, Luke 4:25
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“But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.”
— Jesus, Luke 4:26
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“Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.”
— Luke 7:12
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“And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.”
— Jesus, Luke 18:3
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“Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.”
— Jesus, Luke 18:5
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“Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.”
— Jesus, Luke 20:47
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“And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.”
— Luke 21:2
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“And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:”
— Jesus, Luke 21:3
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“And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.”
— Acts 6:1
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“Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.”
— Acts 9:39
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“And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.”
— Acts 9:41
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“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:8
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“Honour widows that are widows indeed.”
— 1 Timothy 5:3
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“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”
— 1 Timothy 5:4
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“Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.”
— 1 Timothy 5:5
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“Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,”
— 1 Timothy 5:9
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“But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;”
— 1 Timothy 5:11
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“If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.”
— 1 Timothy 5:16
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“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
— James 1:27
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“How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.”
— Revelation 18:7