Mark 12:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁹ and to occupy the principal seats in the synagogues and the head places at dinner tables.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ And [have] the front seats in the synagogues and the chief couches (places of honor) at feasts,

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:

Common English Bible

³⁹ They long for places of honor in the synagogues and at banquets.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ 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

³⁹ 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 Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,

Matthew 23:6

They love to recline at the head place at dinner tables [Note: This referred to the practice of lying down on their left side on a couch next to the dinner table, and leaning on their left elbow, while eating with their right hand], and to occupy the principal seats in the synagogues.

Mark 12:38

In His teaching Jesus said, “Look out for the experts in the Law of Moses, who like to walk around in long [flowing] robes and to receive special greetings at the open shopping markets

Mark 12:40

They consume widows’ houses [i.e., by foreclosing on them] and [then] cover it up by offering lengthy prayers. These people will receive a more severe judgment.”