Mark 12:39 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And [have] the front seats in the synagogues and the chief couches (places of honor) at feasts,

American Standard Version (1901)

and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:

Common English Bible

They long for places of honor in the synagogues and at banquets.

Catholic Public Domain Version

and to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues, and to have the first seats at feasts,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And to sit in the first chairs, in the synagogues, and to have the highest places at suppers:

Mark 12:39 Cross References

Matthew 23:1

Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples,

Matthew 23:6

and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,

Mark 12:38

And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places

Mark 12:40

who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”