JMNT(i)
46 "Be habitually holding your focus and attention away from the scholars and theologians (the scribes; the Torah, or, Bible experts) –
those continuously wanting to be habitually walking around in religious and stately robes and being fond of deferential greetings in the marketplaces (i.e., in public, where folks often gather),
and [
liking]
prominent (or: front)
seating in the synagogues (places of corporate worship and study of the Scriptures),
as well as first places of reclining (or: prominent or best couches; = the places of honor)
at banquets –
47 "folks who [
in reality]
are habitually devouring the houses (or: eating down the households)
of the widows, and then in pretense (or: for a front which is put to make a show or an appearance for pretext)
they are constantly making long prayers. These people will continue and progressively be receiving more excessive result of judgment (or: will get a more abundant effect of the separating and the decision).
"