Mark 12:40

New International Reader's Version

They take over the houses of widows. They say long prayers to show off. God will punish these men very much.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 22:25

Ezekiel, the princes of the land are like a roaring lion that tears its food apart. They eat people up. They take treasures and other valuable things. They cause many women in the land to become widows.

Micah 2:2

If they want fields or houses, they take them. They cheat people out of their homes. They rob them of their property.

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible it will be for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter. And you will not let those enter who are trying to.

Matthew 23:33

“You nest of poisonous snakes! How will you escape from being sentenced to hell?

Matthew 6:7

When you pray, do not keep talking on and on. That is what ungodly people do. They think they will be heard because they talk a lot.

Mark 12:39

They love to have the most important seats in the synagogues. They also love to have the places of honor at dinners.

Luke 20:47

They take over the houses of widows. They say long prayers to show off. God will punish these men very much.”

2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you even put up with anyone who makes you a slave or uses you. You put up with those who take advantage of you. You put up with those who claim to be better than you. You put up with those who slap you in the face.

2 Timothy 3:6

They are the kind who trick their way into the homes of some women. These women are ready to believe anything. And they take control over these women. These women are loaded down with sins. They give in to all kinds of evil desires.