For the gratification of the flesh, including lust for filthy lucre, men that live outside the will of God have misapplied the scriptures throughout the passage of time. That is what bad men do because evil is real.
even Jesus himself had problems with "religious folk" misusing "The Word" for their own purposes.
So nothing new
that's why you need to read it for yourself
YOU CAN BECOME A DANGEROUS MAN WITH THE WORD IN YOUR HEART
Umm did yall forget that slaves couldn't read and that it was illegal for them to read and to even to teach them to read? Also those slave owners co opted and corrupted the Bible, by removing verses and even books from the Bible.