Matthew 23:6

And they love the highest couches at suppers and the highest seats in the synagogues,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

In Context

5And all their works they do, to be seen of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and extend the fringes of their garments.

7and the greeting in the market places, and to be addressed by men with Rabbi.

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Cross References

Mark 12:38And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the Scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and love the salutation in the streets,

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.

3 John 1:9I was desirous of writing to the church; but he who loveth to be foremost among them, Diotrephes, receiveth us not.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13

The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →

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