Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation [Mark 12:38–40]. Jesus is teaching that privilege creates responsibility. He denounces the scribes because their lives contradicted the Scriptures they taught. Their judgment will be more severe than those who have not heard the Scriptures. THE WIDOW’S MITE The final incident in this chapter shows Jesus doing an audacious thing that only God should do. He watched how the people gave. And Jesus