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.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And they take pleasure in and [thus] love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Common English Bible

⁶ They love to sit in places of honor at banquets and in the synagogues.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Matthew 23:6 Cross References

3 John 1:9

I wrote a letter to the church [there], but Diotrephes, who loves to be first [in importance] among the members [of the body there], does not receive us [i.e., he did not listen to or acknowledge the authority of us apostles].

Romans 12:10

In your love for your brothers, show tender affection toward one another. Try to outdo one another in showing respect [for each other].

Matthew 20:21

He responded to her, “What would you like me to do for you?” She answered; “Appoint my two sons to sit at your right side and at your left in your [coming] kingdom.”