Luke 11:43

Woe to you, Pharisees! who love the chief seats in the synagogues, and a salutation in the streets.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 woe to you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue, and every pot-herb; but pass over justice and the love of God. Now ye ought to do these things, and not to omit those.

44Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like graves that are unknown, and men walk over them and do not know it.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:6And they love the highest couches at suppers and the highest seats in the synagogues,

Luke 14:7And he spoke a similitude to the guests that were present, as he noticed how they chose places on the highest couches.

Romans 12:10Be affectionate to your brethren: and love one another. Be foremost in honoring one another.

James 2:2For if there come into your assembly a man with rings of gold or splendid garments, and there come in a poor man in sordid garments;

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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