Mark 12:40
they who devour the houses of widows, and for the occasion prolong their prayers: they shall receive the greater judgment.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
39and the chief seats in the congregations, and the head couches at suppers:
Cross References
Matthew 6:7And when thou art praying, be not wordy, like the profane; for they think that in much speaking they are heard.
Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! because you hold the kingdom of heaven closed before the children of men; for you will not enter in yourselves, and them who are entering you will not permit to enter.
Matthew 23:33Serpents, birth of vipers! how will you escape from the judgment of gihana?
Luke 20:47who devour the houses of widows, and for the occasion prolong their prayers: these shall receive the greater judgment.
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 →