Which devour widows' houses
As the characters of them, in the preceding verse, expose their
pride, this shows their avarice; they were very voracious and
cruel; they did not spare widows, but devoured their substance:
and for a show make long prayers;
to cover their wickedness, pretending great devotion and
religion; the same shall receive greater
damnation:
than openly profane sinners; doing such wickedness under a cloak
of religion, will aggravate their condemnation; (See Gill on
Matthew
23:14).