Mark 12:39

and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches at the banquets,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38and He was saying to them in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes who will to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

40who are devouring the widows’ houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these will receive more abundant judgment.”

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Cross References

James 2:2for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in radiant clothing, and there may also come in a poor man in vile 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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