Luke 11:43

43 Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

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 rather give alms of such things as ye have; and behold, all things are clean to you.
42 But woe to you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the others undone.
43 Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].
45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said to him, Master, thus saying, thou reproachest us also.
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