Mark 12:40

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But they cheat widows out of their homes and pray long prayers just to show off. They will be punished most of all.

Cross References

Ezekiel 22:25

Their leaders are like roaring lions, tearing apart their victims. They put people to death, then steal everything of value. Husbands are killed, and many women are left as widows.

Micah 2:2

You grab any field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and land.

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Matthew 23:33

You are nothing but snakes and the children of snakes! How can you escape going to hell?

Matthew 6:7

When you pray, don't talk on and on as people do who don't know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers.

Mark 12:39

They like the front seats in the meeting places and the best seats at banquets.

Luke 20:47

But they cheat widows out of their homes and then pray long prayers just to show off. These teachers will be punished most of all.

2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you let people make slaves of you and cheat you and steal from you. Why, you even let them strut around and slap you in the face.

2 Timothy 3:6

Some men fool whole families, just to get power over those women who are slaves of sin and are controlled by all sorts of desires.