Luke 11:43

Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

Text-Critical English NT

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

42“But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint, rue, and every herb, yet you ignore justice and the love of God. These you ought to have practiced without neglecting the other things.

44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without realizing it.”

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Cross References

Matthew 23:6They love the place of honor at banquets, the best seats in the synagogues,

Luke 14:7When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor for themselves, he told them a parable:

Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Take the lead in honoring one another.

James 2:2Suppose a man in fine clothing comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in.

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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