Luke 11:43

Woe to you, the Pharisees, because you love the first seats in the synagogues and the salutations in the marketplaces.

Literal Standard Version

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, the Pharisees, because you tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and you pass by the judgment and the love of God; these things [you] should do, and those not to be neglecting.

44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.”

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Cross References

Matthew 23:6they also cherish the first couches at the banquets, and the first seats in the synagogues,

Luke 14:7And He spoke an allegory to those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying to them,

Romans 12:10in the love of brothers, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honor going before one another;

James 2:2for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in radiant clothing, and there may also come in a poor man in vile 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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