Matthew 23:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)6 They love to recline at the head place at dinner tables [Note: This referred to the practice of lying down on their left side on a couch next to the dinner table, and leaning on their left elbow, while eating with their right hand], and to occupy the principal seats in the synagogues. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17696 and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition6 And they take pleasure in and [thus] love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)6 and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, See the chapterCommon English Bible6 They love to sit in places of honor at banquets and in the synagogues. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version6 And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues, See the chapter |