Marcos 12:40

Filipino Cebuano Bible

40 sila nga nagasubad sa katigayonan sa mga babayeng balo, ug aron sa pagtabontabon niini nagahimo sila sa hatag-as nga mga pangadye. Mahiaguman ra nila ang labi pa ka mabug-at nga hukom sa silot."

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.