Mark 12:40

Easy To Read Version

They are mean to widows {\cf2\super [177]} and steal their homes. Then they try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. God will punish them very much.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 22:25

The prophets in Jerusalem are making evil plans. They are like a lion—it roars when it begins to eat the animal it caught. Those prophets have destroyed many lives. They have taken many valuable things. They caused many women to become widows {\cf2\super [176]} in Jerusalem.

Micah 2:2

They want fields,\par so they take them.\par They want houses,\par so they take them.\par They cheat a man\par and take his house.\par They cheat a man\par and take his land from him.\par

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.

Matthew 23:14

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Matthew 23:33

“You are snakes! You are from a family of poisonous snakes! You will not escape God. You will all be judged guilty and go to hell!

Matthew 6:7

“And when you pray, don’t be like those people that don’t know God. They continue saying things that mean nothing. Don’t pray like that. They think that God will hear them because of the many things they say.

Mark 12:39

They love to get the most important seats in the synagogues. {\cf2\super [176]} And they love to get the most important seats at the feasts.

Luke 20:47

But they are mean to widows {\cf2\super [328]} and steal their homes. Then they try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. God will punish these people very much.”

2 Corinthians 11:20

\{I know you will be patient,\} because you are even patient with a person who forces you to do things and uses you! You are patient with people that trick you, or think they are better than you, or hit you in the face!

2 Timothy 3:6

Some of those people go into homes and get women who are weak. Those women are full of sin. Those women are led to sin by the many evil things they want to do.