Luke 11:43
Shame on you Pharisees! You love to have the best seats in the synagogues, and to be greeted with respect when you go to the markets.
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44Shame on you! You are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing.”
Cross References
Matthew 23:6They love to have the places of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues.
Luke 14:7So he told a story to the guests, noticing how they'd chosen to sit in places of honor.
Romans 12:10Be completely dedicated to each other in your love as family; value others more than yourselves.
James 2:2Imagine that a man comes into your synagogue wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and then a poor man comes in dressed in rags.
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 →