38 (A)[a]Moreover he said unto them in [b]his doctrine, Beware of the Scribes which love to go in [c]long robes, and love salutations in the markets,

39 And the chief seats in the Synagogues, and the first rooms at feasts,

40 Which (B)devour widows’ houses, even under a color of long prayers. These shall receive the greater damnation.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:38 The manners of ministers are not rashly to be followed as an example.
  2. Mark 12:38 While he taught them.
  3. Mark 12:38 The word is a stole, which is a kind of woman’s garment, long even down to the heels, and is taken generally, for any garment made for comeliness, but in this place it seemeth to signify that fringed garment mentioned in Deut. 22:11.

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