Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

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WEBBE

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

BSB

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

KJV

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

ASV

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

BBE

And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

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Ἤκουον Ēkouon Were listening to G191 δὲ de now G1161 ταῦτα tauta these things G3778 πάντα panta all G3956 καὶ kai and G2532 οἱ hoi the G3588 Φαρισαῖοι Pharisaioi Pharisees G5330 φιλάργυροι philarguroi lovers of money G5366 ὑπάρχοντες huparchontes being G5225 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐξεμυκτήριζον exemuktērizon they were ridiculing G1592 αὐτόν auton Him G846

The early church

(de Quæst. Ev. l. ii. q. 87.) They also do violence to the kingdom of heaven, in that they not only despise all temporal things, but also the tongues of those who desire their doing so. This the Evangelist added, when he said that Jesus was derided when He spoke of despising earthly riches.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Christ had told the Pharisees not to boast of their own righteousness, but to receive penitent sinners, and to redeem their sins by almsgiving. But they derided the Preacher of mercy, humility, and frugality; as it is said, And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard these things; and derided him: it may be for two reasons, either because He commanded what was not sufficiently profitable, or cast blame upon their past superfluous actions.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 13–18

To this parable our Lord added a solemn warning. Ye cannot serve God and the world, so divided are the two interests. When our Lord spoke thus, the covetous Pharisees treated his instructions with contempt. But he warned them, that what they contended for as the law, was a wresting of its meaning: this our Lord showed in a case respecting divorce. There are many covetous sticklers for the forms of godliness, who are the bitterest enemies to its power, and try to set others against the truth.

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InfidelityCovetousnessSelf-RighteousnessScoffingRich, The

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