King James Version (KJV)
Mark 12:39
“‹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:›”
Verse in context — Mark 12
37
‹David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he› [then] ‹his son?› And the common people heard him gladly.
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And he said unto them in his doctrine, ‹Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and› [love] ‹salutations in the marketplaces,›
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‹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:›
40
‹Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence 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.
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