Matthew 23:6
And they love the first sitting places in suppers [or at suppers], and the first chairs in synagogues;
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 25:6Appear thou not glorious before the king, and stand thou not in the place of great men.
Mark 12:38And he said to them in his teaching, Be ye ware of (the) scribes, that will wander [or that will go] (about) in stoles, and be saluted in [the] chapping (or and be respectfully greeted at the market),
Luke 14:7He said also a parable of men bidden to a feast, and he beheld how they chose the first sitting places, and said to them, (And he also said to them a parable about men bidden to a feast, as he saw how they chose the first, or the best, places to sit, and so he said to them,)
Romans 12:10loving together the charity of brotherhood. Each come before to worship (the) other [or Coming before together in honour];
3 John 1:9I had written peradventure to the church, but this Diotrephes, that loveth to bear primacy, [or (the) chief places], in them, receiveth not us. (I had written to the church, but this Diotrephes, who loveth to be in the lead, or to take the chief place among them, would not receive us, or did not welcome us.)
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 →