Luke 11:43
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Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and salutations in the marketplace.

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Luke 14:7-11 And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: . . .

Luke 20:46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love salutations in the market place and the first chairs in the synagogues and the chief rooms at feasts:

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

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

Mark 12:38,39 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, . . .

Romans 12:10 Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honour preventing one another.

Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through contention: neither by vain glory. But in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves:

James 2:2-4 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: . . .

3 John 1:9 I had written perhaps to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, doth not receive us.

Context
Woes to Religious Leaders
42But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and salutations in the marketplace. 44Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not: and men that walk over are not aware.…
Cross References
Matthew 11:16
But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

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

Matthew 23:7
And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

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,

Luke 14:7
And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love salutations in the market place and the first chairs in the synagogues and the chief rooms at feasts:

Lexicon
Woe
Οὐαὶ (Ouai)
Interjection
Strong's Greek 3759: Woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation. A primary exclamation of grief; 'woe'.

to you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

Pharisees!
Φαρισαίοις (Pharisaiois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

You love
ἀγαπᾶτε (agapate)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

chief seats
πρωτοκαθεδρίαν (prōtokathedrian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4410: A chief (most honorable) seat. From protos and kathedra; a sitting first, i.e. Preeminence in council.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
ταῖς (tais)
Article - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

synagogues
συναγωγαῖς (synagōgais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 4864: From sunago; an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish 'synagogue'; by analogy, a Christian church.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

greetings
ἀσπασμοὺς (aspasmous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 783: A greeting, salutation. From aspazomai; a greeting.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
ταῖς (tais)
Article - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

marketplaces.
ἀγοραῖς (agorais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 58: From ageiro; properly, the town-square; by implication, a market or thoroughfare.


Additional Translations
Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the first seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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