Verse 43

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the seats of honor in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

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  • Luke 20:46 : 46 'Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, love respectful greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.
  • Mark 12:38-39 : 38 As he taught them, he said, 'Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and enjoy greetings in the marketplaces, 39 and the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.
  • Luke 14:7-9 : 7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them this parable: 8 'When you are invited to a wedding feast, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by the host.' 9 'Then the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ And humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.' 10 'But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.' 11 'For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.'
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Matt 23:6-7 : 6 They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues, 7 and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by others.
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
  • Jas 2:2-4 : 2 Suppose a man with gold rings and dressed in fine clothes enters your assembly, and a poor man in filthy clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the one wearing fine clothing and say, 'Here is a good seat for you,' but tell the poor man, 'You stand there,' or 'Sit here by my footstool,' 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
  • 3 John 1:9 : 9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, does not acknowledge us.