A moment in scripture
Mark 12:40
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Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
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The surrounding passage
- 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,
- Mark 12:39
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
- Mark 12:41
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.
- Mark 12:42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.