Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
Luke 11:43 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and [you love] to be greeted and bowed down to in the [public] marketplaces. American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces. Common English Bible “How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the most prominent seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the first seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the marketplace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the marketplace. |
Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
‘To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to other children:
‘Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honour at banquets.
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honouring one another.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive our authority.