“Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.”
Mark 12:40 (KJV)
Context Reading
38¶ And he said unto them in his doctrine,Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, 39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 40Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. 41¶ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. 42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.