Markus 12:40

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

yang menelan rumah janda-janda, sedang mereka mengelabui mata orang dengan doa yang panjang-panjang. Mereka ini pasti akan menerima hukuman yang lebih berat."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
yang menelan rumah janda-janda, sedang mereka mengelabui mata orang dengan doa yang panjang-panjang. Mereka ini pasti akan menerima hukuman yang lebih berat."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
dan yang menghabiskan harta segala janda, dan melanjutkan doanya dengan jalan berpura-pura; mereka itu pun akan terkena hukum yang terlebih berat."

Contextual Overview

³⁵ And Iesus aunswered and sayde, teachyng in the temple: howe say the scribes that Christe is ye sonne of Dauid? ³⁶ For Dauid hym selfe, inspired with the holy ghost, sayde: The Lorde saide to my Lorde, sit on my right hande, tyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole. ³⁷ Dauid hym selfe calleth hym Lorde: and howe is he then his sonne? And much people hearde hym gladly. ³⁸ And he sayde vnto them in his doctrine, beware of the scribes, whiche desire to go in long clothyng, and salutations in the market places, ³⁹ And the chiefe seates in the congregations, and the vppermost rowmes at feastes, ⁴⁰ Which deuoure widdowes houses, & vnder a pretence, make long prayers: These shal receaue greater dampnatio.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

devour: Ezekiel 22:25, Micah 2:2, Micah 3:1-4, Matthew 23:14, Luke 20:47, 2 Timothy 3:6

long: Matthew 6:7, Matthew 11:22-24, Matthew 23:33, Luke 12:47, Luke 12:48

Reciprocal: Micah 2:9 - cast Mark 3:29 - but is Luke 5:33 - and make Romans 13:2 - receive Philippians 1:18 - whether

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which devour widows' houses,.... :-.

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 counseling them in the knowledge of the law and in the management of their estates. They took advantage of their ignorance and their unprotected state, and either extorted large sums for their counsel, or perverted the property to their own use.

No wonder that our Saviour denounced them! If there is any sin of special enormity, it is that of taking advantage of the circumstances of the poor, the needy, and the helpless, to wrong them out of the pittance on which they depend for the support of their families; and as God is the friend of the widow and the fatherless, it may be expected that such will be visited with heavy condemnation.

For a pretence - For show, or “pretending” great devotion.