Cross references
Mark 12:40
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- a Literally They devour widows’ houses
Mark 12:40 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 20:47 (5 votes) and Matthew 23:13 (4 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Ezekiel 22 to 2 Timothy 3.
Which verses does Mark 12:40 point to?
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- Luke 20:475 votes
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- Matthew 23:134 votes
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Matthew 23:334 votes
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
- Ezekiel 22:252 votes
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- Matthew 6:72 votes
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
- Micah 3:1–41 vote
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. …
- Luke 12:47–481 vote
That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
- 2 Timothy 3:61 vote
They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
- Micah 2:20 votes
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
- Matthew 11:22–240 votes
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. …
Which verses point to Mark 12:40?
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