Luke 11:43
◄  Luke 11:43  ►
New International Version (©2011)
"Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
"Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

International Standard Version (©2012)
How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You love to have the places of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted in the marketplaces.

NET Bible (©2006)
Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“Woe to you Pharisees who love first class seats in the synagogues and greetings in the streets!”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"How horrible it will be for you Pharisees! You love to sit in the front seats in the synagogues and to be greeted in the marketplaces.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

American King James Version
Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

American Standard Version
Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the marketplace.

Darby Bible Translation
Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.

English Revised Version
Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

Webster's Bible Translation
Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Weymouth New Testament
Alas for you Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues, and you like to be bowed to in places of public resort.

World English Bible
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Young's Literal Translation
'Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

11:37-54 We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for Christ's sake, and that thy Holy Spirit may rest upon us.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 43. - Ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues. These seats were in a semicircle round the pulpit or lectern of the reader; they faced the congregation. And greetings in the markets. The love of these Jews in the time of our Lord for exaggerated titles of respect and honor is well known.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

43. uppermost seats—(See on [1644]Lu 14:7-11).

greetings—(See on [1645]Mt 23:7-10).

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Woes to Pharisees and Experts in Law
…42But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. …

Matthew 11:16 "To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
Matthew 23:6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
Matthew 23:7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by others.
Mark 12:38 As he taught, Jesus said, "Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,
Luke 14:7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:
Luke 20:46 "Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.