Mark Chapter 12 verse 40 Holy Bible
they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.
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Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.
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who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
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Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
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those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."
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who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 40. - There is a change in the construction here, which is not marked in the Authorized Version. The sentence in this fortieth verse should stand alone, and be read thus: They which devour (οἱ κατεσθίοντες) widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation. The sentence thus read is far more graphic. The statement thus becomes indeed more general, but the reference is still to the scribes who through their avarice swallowed up the property of helpless widows, and through their hypocrisy, in the hope of thus more effectually imposing upon their victims, lengthened out their prayers. Greater condemnation. The word in the Greek is κρίμα, that is, "judgment." A severer sentence would fall upon them in the day of judgment and a heavier condemnation, because, under the semblance of piety, they practiced iniquity, and indulged their avarice under the mask of religion.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) Which devour widow's houses.--Here the word has a special force as coming after the mention of the feasts. They seek the highest places at such banquets, our Lord seems to say, and when there, this is what they feast on. The special charge is not reported by St. Matthew in this connection, but occurs in Matthew 23:14, where see Note. The better MSS., indeed, omit it even there. The relative pronoun gives a wrong idea of the construction. We have really a new sentence. "They that devour . . . these shall receive . . ."
