43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
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Ye love the uppermost seats - Every one of them affected to be a ruler in the synagogues. See on Matthew 23:5 (note).
(12) Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
(12) Hypocrisy and ambition are commonly joined together.
Woe unto you Pharisees, for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues,.... And also the uppermost rooms at feasts, Matthew 23:6
and greetings in the market; See Gill on Matthew 23:6 and See Gill on Matthew 23:7.
uppermost seats--(See on Luke 14:7-11).
greetings--(See on Matthew 23:7-10).
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