Mark 12:39

and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at suppers;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

In Context

38And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in robes, and love salutations in the markets,

40who eat up the houses of widows, and, as a pretext, make long prayers: these shall receive more abundant condemnation.

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Cross References

James 2:2For if there comes into your assembly a man in splendid apparel, and with gold rings on his fingers, and there comes in also a poor man, in mean clothing,

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:36-41

Christ the Son and Lord of David. 35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. 38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love… Read the whole commentary →

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