Luke 11:43

Wo be to you, Pharises: for ye loue the vppermost seats in the Synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 wo be to you, Pharises: for ye tithe the mynt and the rewe, and all maner herbs, and passe ouer iudgement and the loue of God: these ought yee to haue done, and not to haue left the other vndone.

44Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, perceiue not.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:6And loue the chiefe place at feastes, and to haue the chiefe seates in the assemblies,

Luke 14:7He spake also a parable to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe roomes, and said vnto them,

Romans 12:10Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherly loue. In giuing honour, goe one before another,

James 2:2For if there come into your company a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore 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 →

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