Luke 11:43

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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.

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    5They do all their deeds to be seen by others. They make their phylacteries broad and their tassels long.

    6They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,

    7and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by others.

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    38As he taught them, he said, 'Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and enjoy greetings in the marketplaces,

    39and the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.

    40They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.'

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    44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing.

    45One of the experts in the law answered, 'Teacher, by saying these things, you insult us as well.'

    46Jesus replied, 'Woe to you as well, experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves do not touch these burdens with even one finger.'

    47Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, yet it was your ancestors who killed them.

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    41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.'

    42But woe to you Pharisees! For you give a tenth of mint, rue, and every herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

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    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.

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    13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.

    14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore, you will receive a greater condemnation.

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    23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

    24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

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    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

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    28So too, on the outside you appear righteous to people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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    43For they loved the approval of people more than the approval of God.

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    52Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.

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