Matthew 23:6
and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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Cross references
- 3 John 9 I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.
- Mark 12:38–39 In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces, and to get the best seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts,
- Luke 11:43–45 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.” One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”