Luke 20:46

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

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  • Luke 11:43 : 43 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.
  • Luke 14:7 : 7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
  • Phil 2:3-5 : 3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself; 4 Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
  • 2 Tim 4:15 : 15 But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.
  • 3 John 1:9 : 9 I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
  • Matt 16:6 : 6 And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • Matt 23:5-7 : 5 But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes, 6 And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues, 7 And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
  • Mark 8:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
  • Mark 12:38-39 : 38 And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places, 39 And to have the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;
  • Luke 12:1 : 1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

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  • Mark 12:38-41
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    38 And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,

    39 And to have the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

    40 Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

    41 And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

  • Matt 23:2-7
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    2 The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;

    3 All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

    4 They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.

    5 But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,

    6 And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,

    7 And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.

  • Luke 20:47
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    47 Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

  • Luke 11:42-44
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    42 But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.

    43 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.

    44 A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.

  • Luke 20:45
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    45 And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

  • Matt 23:13-15
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    13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

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    15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

  • Jas 2:3
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    3 And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

  • Luke 16:14-15
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    14 And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

    15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

  • Luke 14:7-8
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    7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

    8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

  • Matt 23:23-25
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    23 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

    24 You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

    25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

  • Matt 10:17
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    17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

  • Luke 20:19-21
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    19 And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

    20 And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

    21 And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:

  • Matt 16:6
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    6 And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

    2 When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

  • Matt 23:27-29
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    27 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

    28 Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

    29 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

  • Mark 11:18
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    18 And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

  • Luke 12:1
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    1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

  • Luke 20:1
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    1 And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,

  • Matt 15:1
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    1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

  • Mark 11:27
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    27 And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

  • Matt 7:15
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    15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2 And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

  • Matt 6:5
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    5 And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

  • Luke 21:1
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    1 And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their offerings in the money-box.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17 Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

  • Luke 7:25
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    25 But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses.

  • Matt 16:12
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    12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Luke 14:12
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    12 And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

  • Mark 9:14
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    14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.