Luke 11:43

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

Revised King James New Testament

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 you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, but neglect justice and the love of God: these you ought to have done, and not left the others undone.

44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over unaware.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Luke 14:7And he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honour; saying to them,

Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; honour one another more than yourselves;

James 2:2For if there comes into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in fine apparel, and there also comes in a poor man in shabby clothing,

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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