Mark 12:39

and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

Family 35 New Testament

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: “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes and to get greetings in the market places,

40who devour the houses of widows, while praying long and loud for a show. These will receive a more severe judgment.”

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Cross References

James 2:2For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothes, should enter your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy rags should also enter,

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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