“But to what should I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions,
Luke 11:43 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
“But to what should I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions,
“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Take the lead in honoring one another.
Do nothing from selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility regard others as more important than yourselves.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to put himself first, does not acknowledge us.