King James Version (KJV)
Mark 12:40
“‹Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.›”
Verse in context — Mark 12
38
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,›
39
‹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.
42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
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