Mark 12:40 KJV

Mark · chapter 12 · verse 40 · King James Version

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

Mark 12:40 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.

pretenceprophasisa pretext , show, under colour as though they would do something, in pretence, ostensiblyG4392 →
widows'chēraa widow, metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the…G5503 →
receivelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
greaterperissoterosexceeding some number or measure or rank or need, over and above, more than is necessary…G4055 →
devourkatesthiōto consume by eating, to eat up, devour, of birds, of a dragon, of a man eating up the…G2719 →
housesoikiaa house, an inhabited edifice, a dwelling, the inmates of a house, the family, property…G3614 →