and love the uppermost places at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues,
and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
They love the place of distinction and honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues [those on the platform near the scrolls of the Law, facing the congregation],
And they take pleasure in and [thus] love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,
They love the place of honour at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,
They love to sit in places of honor at banquets and in the synagogues.
they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,
They love the best seats at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues.
and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,
And they love the place-of-honor at the banquets, and the seats-of-honor in the synagogues,
And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
These men love to have the places of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues.
They like to sit in the important places at special meals. They also choose to sit in the best seats in the meeting places.
They love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues
and they love the place of honour at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues
Those Pharisees and teachers of the law love to have the ·most important seats [places of greatest honor] at ·feasts [banquets] and [L the best seats] in the synagogues.
And love the chief place at feasts, and to have the chief seats in the assemblies,
They love the place of honor at dinners and the front seats in synagogues.
They love the best places at feasts and the reserved seats in the synagogues;
They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,
Those Pharisees and teachers of the law love to have the most important seats at the feasts. And they love to have the most important seats in the synagogues.
They love to have the places of honor at festivals, the best seats in the synagogues,
Then Jesus addressed the crowds and his disciples. “The scribes and the Pharisees speak with the authority of Moses,” he told them, “so you must do what they tell you and follow their instructions. But you must not imitate their lives! For they preach but do not practise. They pile up back-breaking burdens and lay them on other men’s shoulders—yet they themselves will not raise a finger to move them. Their whole lives are planned with an eye to effect. They increase the size of their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their robes; they love seats of honour at dinner parties and front places in the synagogues. They love to be greeted with respect in public places and to have men call them ‘rabbi!’ Don’t you ever be called ‘rabbi’—you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers. And don’t call any human being ‘father’—for you have one Father and he is in Heaven. And you must not let people call you ‘leaders’—you have only one leader, Christ! The only ‘superior’ among you is the one who serves the others. For every man who promotes himself will be humbled, and every man who learns to be humble will find promotion.
and love the first place at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
And they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,
And they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
And how they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the reserved pews in the synagogue!
“Instead of giving you God’s Law as food and drink by which you can banquet on God, they package it in bundles of rules, loading you down like pack animals. They seem to take pleasure in watching you stagger under these loads, and wouldn’t think of lifting a finger to help. Their lives are perpetual fashion shows, embroidered prayer shawls one day and flowery prayers the next. They love to sit at the head table at church dinners, basking in the most prominent positions, preening in the radiance of public flattery, receiving honorary degrees, and getting called ‘Doctor’ and ‘Reverend.’
They love the places of honor at feasts, and the prominent seats in the synagogues,
they love · the place of honor at · banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues,
They love the place of honor at dinners and the front seats in synagogues.
They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues,
And they love the place of honor at banquets, and the seats of honor in the synagogues,
They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,
They love to have places of honor at banquets and the best seats in synagogues,
Those Pharisees and teachers of the law love to have the most important seats at feasts and in the synagogues.
They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
They love to sit down in the place of honor at dinners. They also love to have the most important seats in the synagogues.
they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
they love the place of honour at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
They like to have the important places at big suppers and the best seats in the Jewish places of worship.
And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues.
They love to sit uppermost at feasts, and to have the chief seats in the synagogues,
They love to have the place of honour at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,
They love to have the place of honour at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,
They love to have the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,
They love to have the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
and they love the chief places at dinners, the main seats in the synagogues,
and they love the places of honor at the seudot (banquet dinners), and the shuls,
“And they love the chief place at feasts, and to have the chief seats in the assemblies;
and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,
and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,
They love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
they covet the seats of honor at fine banquets and in the synagogue,
and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
They want to sit in the best places at the feasts. They want to have the front seats in the meeting houses.
And they love the first sitting places in suppers [Soothly they love the first sitting places at suppers], and the first chairs in synagogues;
they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
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