Mark 12:40 They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely."

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely."

English Standard Version
who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

New American Standard Bible
who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher punishment."

International Standard Version
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer: these shall receive greater judgment.

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

Young's Literal Translation
who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretence are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

Cross References

Matthew 23:13
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go in.

Matthew 23:14
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore you shall receive the greater damnation.

Mark 12:39
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

Luke 20:47
Which devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

2 Corinthians 11:20
For you suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

12:35-40 When we attend to what the Scriptures declare, as to the person and offices of Christ, we shall be led to confess him as our Lord and God; to obey him as our exalted Redeemer. If the common people hear these things gladly, while the learned and distinguished oppose, the former are happy, and the latter to be pitied. And as sin, disguised with a show of piety, is double iniquity, so its doom will be doubly heavy.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

40. Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation—They took advantage of their helpless condition and confiding character to obtain possession of their property, while by their "long prayers" they made them believe they were raised far above "filthy lucre." So much the "greater damnation" awaited them. (Compare Mt 23:33). A lifelike description this of the Romish clergy, the true successors of "the scribes."