Mark 12:39 - Easy To Read Version

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ And [have] the front seats in the synagogues and the chief couches (places of honor) at feasts,

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:

Common English Bible

³⁹ They long for places of honor in the synagogues and at banquets.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ and to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues, and to have the first seats at feasts,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ And to sit in the first chairs, in the synagogues, and to have the highest places at suppers:

Mark 12:39 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 23:1

Then Jesus spoke to the people and to his followers. Jesus said,

Matthew 23:6

Those Pharisees {\cf2\super [330]} and teachers of the law love to get the most important seats at the feasts. And they love to get the most important seats in the synagogues. {\cf2\super [331]}

Mark 12:38

Jesus continued teaching. Jesus said, “Be careful of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around wearing clothes that look important. And they love for people to show respect to them in the market places.

Mark 12:40

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.”