"Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation." — Mark 12:40

Mark 12:40 · KJV

“Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.”

— Mark 12:40

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

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. {money: a piece of brass money}

Mark 12 — Context

And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and {love} salutations in the marketplaces,

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

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. {money: a piece of brass money}

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. {mites: it is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money}

Cross References

Luke 20:47

Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

Matthew 23:33

{Ye} serpents, {ye} generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Matthew 23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in {yourselves}, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Ezekiel 22:25

{There is} a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Matthew 6:7

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen {do}: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

2 Timothy 3:6

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

Micah 3:1-4

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; {Is it} not for you to know judgment?

Luke 12:47-48

And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not {himself}, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many {stripes}.