John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 12:40
40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Ver. 40. See Trapp on " Mat 23:14 " read more
Mark 12:40 Nasb,nasb
John Trapp
Samuel Bagster
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 12:40
devour: Ezekiel 22:25, Micah 2:2, Micah 3:1-Numbers :, Matthew 23:14, Luke 20:47, 2 Timothy 3:6 long: Matthew 6:7, Matthew 11:22-Jeremiah :, Matthew 23:33, Luke 12:47, Luke 12:48 Reciprocal: Micah 2:9 - cast Mark 3:29 - but is Luke 5:33 - and make Romans 13:2 - receive Philippians 1:18 - whether read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 12:38-40
Mark 12:38-40Beware of the Scribes which love to go in long clothing.Recklessness of ambitionThere is the Synagogue of Ambition, whose bond of union is the lust of place and of power. Let Diotrephes be its representative, who, “loved to have the preeminence,” and whom St. John censured for this ambitious temper, which tempted him, though nominally a member-perhaps a minister-of the early church, violently to reject the best Christians. What are not men ready to do to gratify an inordinate and... read more