Mark 12:40

New International Version

They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 22:25

There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

Matthew 23:33

“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Matthew 6:7

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

Mark 12:39

and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Luke 20:47

They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face.

2 Timothy 3:6

They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,