Luke 11:43

Alas for you, Pharisees! for you love the chief seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

In Context

42But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone.

44Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves that are not seen; and men that walk over them know it not.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:6They also love the most honorable places at suppers, and the first seats in the synagogues,

Luke 14:7And he spoke a parable to those who had been invited, when he observed how they were choosing the first places at table; and he said to them:

Romans 12:10in love to the brotherhood, be kindly affectionate one to another; in showing honor, be examples one to another;

James 2:2For if there comes into your assembly a man in splendid apparel, and with gold rings on his fingers, and there comes in also a poor man, in mean clothing,

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →

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