Mark 12:40

2 Timothy 3:6; Ezekiel 22:25; Luke 12:47; Luke 12:48; Luke 20:47; Micah 2:2; Micah 3:1-4; Matthew 11:22-24; Matthew 23:14; Matthew 23:33; Matthew 6:7

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which devour widows’ houses - Which devour the families of widows, or the means of supporting their families. This they did under pretence of cou...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Warning Against the Scribes. These verses read like a summary of or a fragment from the longer discourse in Q. The reference to widows-' houses i...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

devour . eat up. Being occupied in making wills and conveyances of property, they abused their office. greater damnation . heavier judgment.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Which devour widows' houses, and fo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Incidents and Discourses in the Temple 1-12. The wicked husbandmen ( Matthew 21:33 ; Luke 20:9 ). See on Mt.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warning against the scribes ( Luke 20:45 ). Mt inserts at this point a long and severe discourse against the scribes and Pharisees ( Matthew 23:1 )...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Devour widows' houses ] Devout women were accustomed to contribute to the support of famous rabbis ( Mark 15:41 ; Luke 8:2 ), and our Lord probably...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 12:35-40 ( Mark 12:35-40 ) DAVID'S LORD "And Jesus answered and said, as He taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the First Commandment Mark 12:28-44 To the young ruler our Lord named one command as great-the love of one's neighbor. Now, in answer to this s...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby. "They per...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(35) And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? (36) For David himself said by...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS. PAUSE my soul over the many precious contents in this blessed chapter! Both the Jewish nation, and the Jewish church, have been as t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Which devour widows' houses ,.... Matthew 23:14 .
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Ver. 40. See Trapp on " Mat 23:14 "
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Beware of the scribes See that ye do not imitate their hypocrisy, or imbibe their principles, and be on your guard against their insidious counsels...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ the Son and Lord of David. 35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Mark 12:39 "
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 12:39 . Uppermost rooms at feasts .— Chief places in the suppers —the most important meal of the day, and the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Mark 12:12 . And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left hi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 12:1 . A certain man planted a vineyard. See on Matthew 20:1 . The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is sa...
The Biblical Illustrator

Beware of the Scribes which love to go in long clothing. Recklessness of ambition There is the Synagogue of Ambition, whose bond of union is th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Mark 12:1 And he began to speak unto them in parables . This particular parable which follows was specially directed against t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A last warning of Jesus:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Mark gives only a very short section of...

⁴⁰ Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

Related Commentaries of Mark 12:40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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