Luke 11:43

Jesus rebukes the Pharisees' love of honor and public recognition. Pride and the craving for status corrupt true devotion.

Cross-references · 9

• Luke 20:46Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
• Mark 12:38–39And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
• Matt 23:6–7And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
• Luke 14:7–11And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
• Jas 2:2–4For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
• Prov 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
• Phil 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
• 3 Jn 1:9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
• Rom 12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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