Mark 12:39 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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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 spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

Matthew 23:6

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

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 market places,

Mark 12:40

which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.