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DEVOUR WIDOW’ HOUSES / MARK 12:40

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(KJV) Mark 12:40

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

DEVOUR WIDOW’ HOUSES / MARK 12:40

Since the teachers of the law did not receive a regular salary, they depended on the generosity of others. This system was prone to abuse, and some of the Jewish religious leaders took particular advantage of unsuspecting widows who were particularly willing to help those whom they believed to be men of God. The teachers of the law would ask for unreasonably high donations from them, encouraging them to give more than they could afford. Then the religious leaders would use the gifts to live in luxury. This same pattern has occurred throughout the history of the church, right up to today, as each generation has its experts in religious misrepresentation.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. LIKE … THE MOST IMPORTANT SEATS / MARK 12:38-39
  2. LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD / MARK 12:30
  3. THEY WILL NEITHER MARRY / MARK 12:25
  4. HAS BECOME THE CAPSTONE / MARK 12:10-11
  5. PARABLE OF THE TENANTS / MARK 12:1
  6. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  7. BELIEVE … WILL BE YOURS / MARK 11:24
  8. FAITH IN GOD / MARK 11:22
  9. A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL NATIONS / MARK 11:17
  10. JESUS ENTERED THE TEMPLE AREA / MARK 11:15-16
  11. MAY NO ONE EVER EAT FRUIT FROM YOU AGAIN / MARK 11:14
  12. BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES / MARK 11:9
  13. PASSION WEEK / MARK 11:1
  14. A RANSOM / MARK 10:45
  15. WHOEVER WANTS TO BECOME GREAT / MARK 10:43
  16. CAN YOU DRINK THE CUP I DRINK? / MARK 10:38
  17. RECEIVE A HUNDRED TIMES / MARK 10:30
  18. AND BLESSED THEM / MARK 10:16
  19. LIKE A LITTLE CHILD / MARK 10:15
  20. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 10:14
  21. COMMITS ADULTERY / MARK 10:11
  22. SALTED WITH FIRE / MARK 4:49
  23. HELL / MARK 9:43
  24. CAUSES … LITTLE ONES / MARK 9:42
  25. ONLY BY PRAYER / MARK 9:29
  26. HELP ME OVERCOME MY UNBELIEF / MARK 9:24
  27. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE / MARK 9:23
  28. UNBELIEVING GENERATION / MARK 9:19
  29. ELIJAH HAS COME / MARK 9:13
  30. ASHAMED OF ME AND MY WORDS / MARK 8:38
  31. DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS / MARK 8:34
  32. GET BEHIND ME SATAN / MARK 8:33
  33. HIS SIGHT WAS RESTORED / MARK 8:25
  34. YEAST / MARK 8:15
  35. I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2
  36. CHILDREN’S BREAD / MARK 7:27
  37. FOLLY / MARK 7:22
  38. MEN’S HEARTS / MARK 7:20-23
  39. MAKE HIM ‘UNCLEAN’ / MARK 7:18
  40. THE TRADITIONS OF MEN / MARK 7:8
  41. THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME / MARK 7:6-7
  42. FIVE LOAVES … TWO FISH … THANKSGIVING AT MEALTIMES / MARK 6:41
  43. COMPASSION / MARK 6:34
  44. ANOINTED … WITH OIL / MARK 6:13
  45. LACK OF FAITH / MARK 6:6
  46. JESUS … A PROPHET / MARK 6:4
  47. JUST BELIEVE / MARK 5:36
  48. JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES / MARK 5:27-28
  49. A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT / MARK 5:2-17
  50. JESUS WAS SLEEPING / MARK 4:38
  51. EVEN WHAT HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN / MARK 4:25
  52. TAKES AWAY THE WORD / MARK 4:15-17
  53. A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW / MARK 4:3
  54. PARABLES / MARK 4:2
  55. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS / MARK 3:15
  56. THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM / MARK 3:14
  57. HERODIANS / MARK 3:6
  58. LOOKED … IN ANGER / MARK 3:5
  59. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27
  60. TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
  61. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  62. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  63. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  64. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  65. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  66. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  67. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  68. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  69. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  70. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
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