Mark 12:39

and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues and at dinner parties,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,

40and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."

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Cross References

James 2:2For suppose a man comes into one of your meetings wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man wearing shabby 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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