Mark 12:40 — King James Version← Study notes
“Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.”
Mark 12:40 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Mark 12:4014 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Mark 12:40
After confuting the Scribes and Pharisees, He burns up as a fire their dry and withered examples.
To walk in long clothing is to go forth into public clad in garments too much ornamented, in which amongst other things, that rich man, who fared sumptuously every day, is said to have sinned.
But they used to walk in honourable garments, because they wished to be highly esteemed for it, and in like manner they desired other things, which lead to glory.
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