6they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,


In Context

3 all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

4 for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

5 'And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

6 they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

7 and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

8 And ye — ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director — the Christ, and all ye are brethren;

Matthew 23:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:6and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:6and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,