Mark 12:39

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

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38Then He said to them in His teaching, “Take heed of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and like greetings in the marketplaces,

40who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.” 1 The Widow's Offering

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Cross References

James 2:2For if a man enters into your assembly with a gold ring, in fine clothes, and there should also come in a poor man in dirty clothes,

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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