OUR FATHER COMMANDS US TO CARE FOR THE WELFARE OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS

Matthew chapter 23 verse 14 captures the next article of indictment for which the religious leaders of Israel would be condemned for;

14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

As a way of fiancially enhancing their positions, the scribes and Pharisees presented themselves to widows as prayerful spiritual advisors and part of the role they assumed, they ensured that any assets such as houses or lands were bequeathed to them when the widows died and the pharisees would accumulate what the widows left behind.

The Lord Jesus declared that the practice of pretending to be a pious intermediary between the widow and God in order to gain their earthly belongings was going to earn the religious leaders greater condemnation because it was hypocrisy with a predatory angle added to it.

Have mercy on us O God.

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