◄ Mark 12:39 ►
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Good News Translation
who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts.

New Revised Standard Version
and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets!

Contemporary English Version
They like the front seats in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets.

New American Bible
seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues and to have the highest places at suppers:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues and to have the highest places at suppers:

James 2:2,3 For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel; and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire: . . .

Context
Warning against the Scribes
38And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes and to be saluted in the marketplace, 39And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues and to have the highest places at suppers: 40Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer. These shall receive greater judgment.…
Cross References
Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

Matthew 23:6
And they love the first places at feasts and the first chairs in the synagogues,

Mark 12:38
And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes and to be saluted in the marketplace,

Mark 12:40
Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer. These shall receive greater judgment.

Mark 12:38
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