Luke 11:43
"Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
44"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
Cross References
Matthew 23:6"and lengthen the tassels, and are fond of the best places at banquets, and the front seats in the synagogues.
Luke 14:7He told a parable to the guests when he noticed how they began choosing the best seats. He said to them.
Romans 12:10As for brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate one to another, in honor preferring one another.
James 2:2Suppose a man comes into your synagogue with a gold ring and dazzling clothes, and suppose a poor man comes in, also, in shabby clothes,
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 →