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Mark 12:40

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
Mark 12:40 · King James Version

In other versions

  • they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

    ASV

  • Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

    BBE

  • who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

    DBY

  • those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

    WEB

  • who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

    YLT

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

    ENG

  • Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

    WBT

  • They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

    BSB

In context

38And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

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

41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

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