Matthew 23:6 Parallel Translations

Luke 11:43 "Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places.

Luke 14:7 And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

Luke 20:46 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the {e} synagogues,
(e) When assemblies and councils are gathered together.

PNT:

23:6 Love the uppermost rooms at feasts. Rather, seats. The highest seats at a feast were the places of honor.
Chief seats in the synagogues. The places where the elders sat with their faces to the congregation. They loved the pre-eminence.

MHC:

23:1-12 The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge according to outward appearance; but God searches the heart. They made phylacteries. These were scrolls of paper or parchment, wherein were written four paragraphs of the law, to be worn on their foreheads and left arms, Ex 13:2-10; 13:11-16; De 6:4-9; 11:13-21. They made these phylacteries broad, that they might be thought more zealous for the law than others. God appointed the Jews to make fringes upon their garments, Nu 15:38, to remind them of their being a peculiar people; but the Pharisees made them larger than common, as if they were thereby more religious than others. Pride was the darling, reigning sin of the Pharisees, the sin that most easily beset them, and which our Lord Jesus takes all occasions to speak against. For him that is taught in the word to give respect to him that teaches, is commendable; but for him that teaches, to demand it, to be puffed up with it, is sinful. How much is all this against the spirit of Christianity! The consistent disciple of Christ is pained by being put into chief places. But who that looks around on the visible church, would think this was the spirit required? It is plain that some measure of this antichristian spirit prevails in every religious society, and in every one of our hearts.

CONC:

Banquets Best Chief Couches Desired Dinner Feasts Honor Important Love Party Places Rooms Seats Supper Synagogues Uppermost

Banquets Best Chief Couches Desired Dinner Feasts First Honor Important Love Party Places Rooms Seats Supper Synagogues Uppermost

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