Matthew 23:6

they also cherish the first couches at the banquets, and the first seats in the synagogues,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

In Context

5And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

7and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:6Do not honor yourself before a king, || And do not stand in the place of the great.

Mark 12:38and He was saying to them in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes who will to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

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;

3 John 1:9I wrote to the assembly, but he who is loving to be first among them—Diotrephes—does not receive us;

Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13

The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →

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