Luke 11:43
Woe to you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the markets.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
44Woe to you, for ye are as tombs which are unseen, and men walking over them know it not.
Cross References
Matthew 23:6and love the first place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Luke 14:7And he spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he observed how they chose out the highest places at the table, saying to them,
Romans 12:10In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, give each other the preference.
James 2:2For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,
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 →