Matthew 23:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And loue the vppermost seates at feastes, and to syt in the chiefe place in councels,

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  • Jas 2:1-4 : 1 My brethren, haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the Lord of glorie, with respect of persons. 2 For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng, clothed in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment: 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole: 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes?
  • 3 John 1:9 : 9 I wrote vnto the Churche: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among the, receaueth vs not.
  • Prov 25:6-7 : 6 Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men: 7 For better is it, that it be sayde vnto thee, come vp hyther: then thou to be put lower in the presence of the priuce whom thou seest with thyne eyes.
  • Matt 20:21 : 21 And he sayth vnto her: what wylt thou? She saith vnto him: graunt, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the left, in thy kyngdome.
  • Mark 12:38-39 : 38 And he sayde vnto them in his doctrine, beware of the scribes, whiche desire to go in long clothyng, and salutations in the market places, 39 And the chiefe seates in the congregations, and the vppermost rowmes at feastes,
  • Luke 11:43-54 : 43 Wo vnto you pharisees: for ye loue the vppermost seates in ye synagogues, and greetynges in the markettes. 44 Wo vnto you scribes and pharisees, ye hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, are not ware of them. 45 Then aunswered one of the lawyers, and sayde vnto him: Maister, thus saying, thou puttest vs to rebuke also. 46 And he sayde, Wo vnto you also ye lawyers: for ye lade me with burthens greeuous to be borne, and ye your selues touche not ye burthens with one of your fyngers. 47 Wo vnto you, ye buylde the sepulchres of the prophetes, and your fathers kylled them. 48 Truely, ye beare witnesse that ye alowe the deedes of your fathers: for they kylled them, and ye buylde their sepulchres. 49 Therfore saide the wisedome of God, I wyl sende them prophetes and apostles, and some of them they shall slaye and persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophetes, which is shedde, from the foundation of the worlde, may be required of this generation, 51 From the blood of Abel, vnto ye blood of Zacharie, whiche perished betwene the aulter & the temple: Ueryly I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of this nation. 52 Wo vnto you lawyers: for ye haue taken away the keye of knowledge, ye entred not in your selues, and them that came in, ye forbad. 53 When he thus spake vnto them, the lawyers & the pharisees began to vrge hym vehemently, and to prouoke hym to speake many thynges. 54 Laying wayte for hym, and sekyng to catche somethyng out of his mouth, wherby they myght accuse hym.
  • Luke 14:7-9 : 7 He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes, and sayde vnto them: 8 When thou art bydden of any man to a weddyng, syt not downe in the hyest rowme: lest a more honourable man then thou, be bydden of hym, 9 And he, that bad hym and thee, come, and say to thee, geue this man rowme: & thou then begyn with shame, to take the lowest rowme. 10 But when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme, that when he that bad thee cometh, he may say vnto thee, friende syt vp hyer: Then shalt thou haue worshyppe in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee. 11 For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.
  • Luke 20:46-47 : 46 Beware of the scribes, whiche wyll go in long robes, and loue greetinges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagogues, and the chiefe rowmes at feastes: 47 Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation.
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Affectioned one to another with brotherly loue, in geuyng honour, go one before another.

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    38And he sayde vnto them in his doctrine, beware of the scribes, whiche desire to go in long clothyng, and salutations in the market places,

    39And the chiefe seates in the congregations, and the vppermost rowmes at feastes,

    40Which deuoure widdowes houses, & vnder a pretence, make long prayers: These shal receaue greater dampnatio.

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    42But wo vnto you pharisees: for ye tithe mint & rue, and al maner hearbes, and passe ouer iudgement, and the loue of God: These ought ye to haue done, and yet not to leaue the other vndone.

    43Wo vnto you pharisees: for ye loue the vppermost seates in ye synagogues, and greetynges in the markettes.

  • Luke 20:46-47
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    46Beware of the scribes, whiche wyll go in long robes, and loue greetinges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagogues, and the chiefe rowmes at feastes:

    47Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation.

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    1Then spake Iesus to the multitudes, and to his disciples,

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    3All therfore, whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and do: but do not ye after their workes, for they say, and do not.

    4Yea, they bynde together heauy burthens, and greeuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders: but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers.

    5All their workes they do, for to be sene of men: They make broade their philacteries, and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes.

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    7And greetynges in the markettes, and to be called of men, Rabbi.

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    3And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole:

    4Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes?

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    7He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes, and sayde vnto them:

    8When thou art bydden of any man to a weddyng, syt not downe in the hyest rowme: lest a more honourable man then thou, be bydden of hym,

    9And he, that bad hym and thee, come, and say to thee, geue this man rowme: & thou then begyn with shame, to take the lowest rowme.

    10But when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme, that when he that bad thee cometh, he may say vnto thee, friende syt vp hyer: Then shalt thou haue worshyppe in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee.

    11For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.

    12Then sayde he also to hym that bad hym to meate: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kynsemen, nor thy ryche neyghbours, lest they also byd thee agayne, and a recompence be made thee.

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    14All these thynges heard the pharisees also, which were couetous, and they mocked hym.

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