Mark 12:40

40 Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

Mark 12:40 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 23:40

Which devour widows' houses (See Gill on Matthew 23:14).

Mark 12:40 In-Context

38 And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who love to go in long clothing, and [love] salutations in the market-places,

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

40 Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.