Mark 12:40
“Which deuoure widowes houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: These shall receiue greater damnation.”
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Mark 12:40 Context
38¶ And he said vnto them in his doctrine, Beware of the Scribes, which loue to goe in long clothing, and loue salutations in the market places, 39And the chiefe seates in the Synagogues, and the vppermost roomes at feasts: 40Which deuoure widowes houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: These shall receiue greater damnation. 41¶ And Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasurie: and many that were rich, cast in much. 42And there came a certaine poore widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
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Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
- King James Version
who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation."
- New American Standard Version (1995)