Verse 39
Mark 12:39
World English Bible, British Edition
39
and to get the best seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts,
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ πρωτοκλισίας ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις,
English Translation
and first seats in the synagogues and places of honor at feasts,
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Chapter 12 Context
1
He began to speak to them in parables.
“A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit f...
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2
When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of
t...
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They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
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Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and
s...
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Again he sent another, and they killed him, and many others, beating some, and killing some.
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Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect
my...
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7
But those farmers said amongst themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inherita...
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They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
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9
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give...
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10
Haven’t you even read this Scripture:
‘The stone which the builders rejected
was made the head of th...
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11
This was from the Lord.
It is marvellous in our eyes’?”
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12
They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for
they perceived that he spoke the parable...
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13
They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they
might trap him with words.
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14
When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are
honest, and don’t defer to anyone...
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15
Shall we give, or shall we not give?”
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them,
“Why do you tes...
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16
They brought it.
He said to them,
“Whose is this image and inscription?”
They said to him, “Caesar’s...
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17
Yashua (Jesus) answered them,
“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God (Elohim) th...
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18
Some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came
to him. They asked him, saying,
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19
“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a
wife behind him, and leaves no ch...
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20
There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no
offspring.
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The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The
third likewise;
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and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman
also died.
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23
In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them?
For the seven had her as a wife...
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24
Yashua (Jesus) answered them,
“Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor t...
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25
For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like
an...
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26
But about the dead, that they are raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses about the Bush, how...
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27
He is not the God (Elohim) of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”
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28
One of the scribes came and heard them questioning together,
and knowing that he had answered them w...
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29
Yashua (Jesus) answered,
“The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God (Elohim), the Lord is one...
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30
You shall love the Lord your God (Elohim) with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your min...
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31
The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
There is no other commandment...
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32
The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well
that he is one, and there is none other...
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33
and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all
the soul, and with all the stren...
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When Yashua (Jesus) saw that he answered wisely, he said to him,
“You are not far from God (Elohim)’...
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35
Yashua (Jesus) responded, as he taught in the temple,
“How is it that the scribes say that the Chris...
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36
For David himself said in the Holy Spirit,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I...
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37
Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?”
The common people heard him glad...
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38
In his teaching he said to them,
“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get...
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39
and to get the best seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts,
40
those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive greater
co...
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41
Yashua (Jesus) sat down opposite the treasury and saw how the multitude
cast money into the treasury...
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42
A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.
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43
He called his disciples to himself and said to them,
“Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gav...
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44
for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live...
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