Luke 11:43

Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the first seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the marketplace.

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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 woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you ignore judgment and the charity of God. But these things you ought to have done, without omitting the others.

44Woe to you! For you are like graves that are not noticeable, so that men walk over them without realizing it.”

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Cross References

Matthew 23:6And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,

Luke 14:7Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

Romans 12:10loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor:

James 2:2For if a man has entered your assembly having a gold ring and splendid apparel, and if a poor man has also entered, in dirty 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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