Mark 12:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.””
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“They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.”
King James Version · Public Domain“they that devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretence are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Mark 12:40 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
- Micah 3:1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
- Matthew 6:7And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
- Matthew 11:22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
- Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
- Luke 12:47That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- Luke 20:47They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- 2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
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