Warning Against The Scribes
WARNING AGAINST THE SCRIBES
In Luke 20:46-47 the Lord warns His disciples concerning the scribes: "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and best seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at the din ners, who devour widows' houses, and for a pre tense pray long prayers. These will receive even more judgment." After muzzling the mouths of all His opposers, the Savior warned His disciples of the hypocrisy and evils of the scribes. This indicates that they were condemned by the One in whom they tried their best to find fault.
What would you have done if you had been one of the scribes? Would you have dared to show your face? I do not think the scribes knew what to say. In the words of Jude 19, they seemed to not have spirit, to be devoid of spirit.
APPRAISING THE POOR WIDOW
In Luke 21:1-4 we have the Man-Savior's appraising of a poor widow. He saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and "He saw a certain needy widow putting in two small copper coins" (v. 2). The Greek word for "needy"