Luke 11:43

43 Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the best seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces!

Luke 11:43 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:43

Woe unto you Pharisees, for ye love the uppermost seats
in the synagogues
And also the uppermost rooms at feasts, ( Matthew 23:6 )

and greetings in the market; (See Gill on Matthew 23:6) and (See Gill on Matthew 23:7).

Luke 11:43 In-Context

41 But give [as] charitable giving the things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

42 "But woe to you, Pharisees, because you pay a tenth of mint and rue and every garden herb, and neglect justice and love for God! But it was necessary to do these [things] without neglecting those things also.

43 Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the best seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces!

44 Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and the people who walk over [them] do not know [it]!

45 And one of the legal experts answered [and] said to him, "Teacher, [when you] say these [things], you insult us also!"