Mark 12:40
Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer: these shall receive greater judgment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
39And to sit in the first chairs, in the synagogues, and to have the highest places at suppers:
Cross References
Micah 2:2And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Matthew 6:7And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.
Matthew 23:13But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.
Matthew 23:33You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?
Luke 20:47Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.
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 →