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,
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Gill's Exposition
Which devour widows' houses,.... See Gill on Mat 23:14.
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Mark 12:41
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mar 12:41
mar 12:41And Jesus sat over against the treasury,.... the Arabic version reads, "at the door of the…
Barnes' Notes
In his doctrine - In his “teaching,” for so it should be rendered. Beware of the scribes - Be on your guard. Be cautious about hearing them or following them. Scribes - The learned men of the Jewish…
Adam Clarke
Beware of the scribes - See on Mat 23:1 (note), etc.
Here, I. Christ shows the people how weak and defective the scribes were in their preaching, and how unable to solve the difficulties that occurred in the scriptures of the Old Testament, which they…
Cambridge Bible
Admonition to beware of the Scribes
38. And he said The terrible denunciations of the moral and religious shortcomings of the leaders of the nation, which now fall from our Lord's lips, are given far…
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