said: Mark 4:2
Beware: Matthew 10:17, Matthew 23:1-7; Luke 20:45-47
which: Matthew 6:5; Luke 11:43, Luke 14:7-11; 3 John 1:9
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Mark 12:38
Mark 12:38
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occurred in the scriptures of the Old Testament, which they undertook…Mark 12:35-40Mark 12:35-40 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe scribes.
The profession of scribes, which had existed among the Jews ever since the Captivity, was in itself an honorable and useful profession. And there were members of this learned body who came into contact…Mark 12:38-40Mark 12:38-40 · The Pulpit CommentaryTraits of the scribe.
I. THE SEEMING GOOD OFTEN THRIVE AND ARE HONORED. Insight into character is rare; men are judged by the outside, and are taken largely at their own valuation.
II. Pretension ever hides emptiness,…Mark 12:38-40Mark 12:38-40 · The Pulpit CommentaryParallel passages: Matthew 23:13-39; Luke 20:45-47.—
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