What Does Matthew 23:14 Mean?

“Woe”

woe

but, and, etc

“unto you”

to (with or by) you

“scribes”

a professional writer

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“Pharisees”

a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary

“hypocrites”

an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e., (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"

“! for”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“ye devour”

to eat up, i.e., devour (literally or figuratively)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“houses”

properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“widows”

a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“for a pretence”

an outward showing, i.e., pretext

“long”

long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))

“make”

to pray to god, i.e., supplicate, worship

“therefore”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

that thing

“ye shall receive”

while g0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication, excessive; adverbially (with g1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence

“damnation”

a decision (the function or the effect, for or against ("crime"))