Luke 11:43
Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the marketplace.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
44Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not, and men that walk over are not aware.
Cross References
Matthew 23:6And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
Luke 14:7And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
Romans 12:10Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood, with honour preventing one another.
James 2:2For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel, and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire,
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 →