Matthew 23:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief 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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 23:6 Cross References

Matthew 20:21

And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom.

Romans 12:10

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honour preferring one another;

3 John 1:9

I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.