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King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 23:6
“And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 23:6 Context
3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
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Other Translations
And loue the vppermost roomes at feasts, and the chiefe seats in the Synagogues,
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,
- Basic English Bible
and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,
- Darby Bible
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- Webster's Bible
and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues,
- Weymouth Bible
and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
- World English Bible
And thei louen the first sittyng placis in soperis, and the first chaieris in synagogis;
- Wycliffe Bible
they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,
- Basic English Bible
and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,
- Darby Bible
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- Webster's Bible
and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues,
- Weymouth Bible
and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
- World English Bible
And thei louen the first sittyng placis in soperis, and the first chaieris in synagogis;
- Wycliffe Bible
they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 23:6
23:4 #Luke 11:46|.
23:5 Their phylacteries - The Jews, understanding those words literally, It shall he as a token upon thy hand, and as frontlets between thine eyes, #Exod 13:16|. And thou shalt bind these words for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes, #Deut 6:8|; used to wear little scrolls of paper or parchment, bound on their wrist and foreheads, on which several texts of Scripture were writ. These they supposed, as a kind of charm, would preserve them from danger. And hence they seem to have been called phylacteries, or preservatives. The fringes of their garments - Which God had enjoined them to wear, to remind them of doing all the commandments, #Num 15:38|. These, as well as their phylacteries, the Pharisees affected to wear broader and larger than other men. #Mark 12:38|.
23:8-10 The Jewish rabbis were also called father and master, by their several disciples, whom they required, To believe implicitly what they affirmed, without asking any farther reason; To obey implicitly what they enjoined, without seeking farther authority. Our Lord, therefore, by forbidding us either to give or receive the title of rabbi, master, or father, forbids us either to receive any such reverence, or to pay any such to any but God.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 23:6
Mt 23:6 Love the uppermost rooms at feasts. Rather, "seats". The highest seats at a feast were the places of honor. Chief seats in the synagogues. The places where the elders sat with their faces to the congregation. They loved the pre-eminence.