See verse in context 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. 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.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.īut the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive and let thy widows trust in me. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. Their priests fell by the sword and their widows made no lamentation.Ī father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 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. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
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