Mark 12:40
who eat up the houses of widows, and, as a pretext, make long prayers: these shall receive more abundant condemnation.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
39and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at suppers;
Cross References
Matthew 6:7But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 23:13But alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you eat up the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers. For this reason, you shall receive the greater condemnation.
Matthew 23:33Serpents, generation of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?
Luke 20:47who eat up the houses of widows, and, for a pretext, make long prayers. These shall receive the greater condemnation.
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 →