Mark 12:39

James Moffatt - New Testament

to secure the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

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Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples.

they are fond of the best places at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues;

And in the course of his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, to get saluted in the marketplaces,

they prey upon the property of widows and offer long unreal prayers. All the heavier will their sentence be!"