Luke 11:43
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke 11:43 in other translations
| BSB | Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. |
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| WEB | Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. |
| ASV | Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces. |
| YLT | ‘Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places. |
| DARBY | Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places. |
| BBE | A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place. |
| Webster | Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. |
What does Luke 11:43 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 11:37-54
We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we…
Luke 11:43 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 11:43
- Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
- Mark 12:38-39
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
- Matthew 23:6-7
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
- Luke 14:7-11
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. …
- Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
- Philippians 2:3
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- 3 John 1:9
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
- James 2:2-4
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
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Context
- Luke 11:42
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- Luke 11:43
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
- Luke 11:44
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
Luke 11:43 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡Ay de vosotros, Fariseos! que amáis las primeras sillas en las sinagogas, y las salutaciones en las plazas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Malheur à vous, pharisiens! car vous aimez les premiers sièges dans les synagogues, et les salutations dans les places publiques. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wehe euch Pharisäern! denn ihr liebet den ersten Sitz in den Synagogen und die Begrüßungen auf den Märkten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Væ vobis, pharisæis, quia diligitis primas cathedras in synagogis, et salutationes in foro. |