Matthew 23:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ They love the place of honor at feasts, the best 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

Matthew 20:21

“What do you want?” He said to her. She said to Him, “Declare that these two sons of mine might sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

Romans 12:10

Be tenderly devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in giving honor.

3 John 1:9

I wrote something to Messiah’s community, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t welcome us.