Mark 12:40 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:40

They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

they that devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

KJV

Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) But they do not only seek for praise from men, but also for gain. Wherefore there follows, Which devour widows' houses, under the pretence of long prayers. For there are men who pretending to be just hesitate not to receive money from persons who are troubled in conscience, as though they would be their advocates in the judgment. A hand stretched out to the poor is always an accompaniment to prayer, but these men pass the night in prayer, that they may take away money from the poor.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

But they used to walk in honourable garments, because they wished to be highly esteemed for it, and in like manner they desired other things, which lead to glory. For it goes on: And love salutations in the marketplaces, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts. He also especially teaches the Apostles, not to have any communication with the scribes, but to imitate Christ Himself; and in ordaining them to be masters in the duties of life, He places others under them.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Which devour widows’ houses - Which devour the families of widows, or the means of supporting their families. This they did under pretence of counseling them in the knowledge of the law and in the management of their estates. They took advantage of their ignorance and their unprotected state, and either extorted large sums for their counsel, or perverted the property to their own use. No wonder that our Saviour denounced them!

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
κατεσθίοντες	katesthiontes	devouring	G2719 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
οἰκίας	oikias	houses	G3614 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
χηρῶν	chērōn	widows	G5503 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προφάσει	prophasei	as a pretext	G4392 →
μακρὰ	makra	at great length	G3117 →
προσευχόμενοι,	proseuchomenoi	praying,	G4336 →
οὗτοι	houtoi	These	G3778 →
λήμψονται	lēmpsontai	will receive	G2983 →
περισσότερον	perissoteron	more excessive	G4055 →
κρίμα.¶	krima	judgment.	G2917 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 5:2–3
  Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your…
- Ecclesiastes 5:7
  For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
- 1 Kings 18:26–29
  And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no…
- Matthew 6:32
  For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Through
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
leads to
- Luke 11:52
  Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
- Matthew 23:29
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
Through
Matthew 23:33
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
leads to
- Matthew 3:7
  But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Matthew 12:34
  You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.