Luke 11:43 - Tree of Life Version Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the best seats in the synagogues and the 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 shall I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call to one other, saying,
“Beware of the Torah scholars, who like to walk around in long robes. They love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at feasts.
Be tenderly devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in giving honor.
Do nothing out of selfishness or conceit, but with humility consider others as more important than yourselves,
I wrote something to Messiah’s community, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t welcome us.