Bible Cross References
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Matthew 20:21
"What do you want?" Jesus asked her. She answered, "Promise me that these two sons of mine will sit at your right and your left when you are King."
Proverbs 25:6
When you stand before the king, don't try to impress him and pretend to be important.
Proverbs 25:7
It is better to be asked to take a higher position than to be told to give your place to someone more important.
Mark 12:38
As he taught them, he said, "Watch out for the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplace,
Mark 12:39
who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts.
Luke 11:43-54
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"How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the reserved seats in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.
44
How terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves which people walk on without knowing it."
45
One of the teachers of the Law said to him, "Teacher, when you say this, you insult us too!"
46
Jesus answered, "How terrible also for you teachers of the Law! You put onto people's backs loads which are hard to carry, but you yourselves will not stretch out a finger to help them carry those loads.
47
How terrible for you! You make fine tombs for the prophets---the very prophets your ancestors murdered.
48
You yourselves admit, then, that you approve of what your ancestors did; they murdered the prophets, and you build their tombs.
49
For this reason the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and messengers; they will kill some of them and persecute others.'
50
So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world,
51
from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will be punished for them all!
52
"How terrible for you teachers of the Law! You have kept the key that opens the door to the house of knowledge; you yourselves will not go in, and you stop those who are trying to go in!"
53
When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,
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trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.
Luke 14:7-11
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Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of them:
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"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than you has been invited,
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and your host, who invited both of you, would have to come and say to you, 'Let him have this place.' Then you would be embarrassed and have to sit in the lowest place.
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Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that your host will come to you and say, 'Come on up, my friend, to a better place.' This will bring you honor in the presence of all the other guests.
11
For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."
Luke 20:46
"Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplace; who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts;
Luke 20:47
who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!"
Romans 12:10
Love one another warmly as Christians, and be eager to show respect for one another.
James 2:1-4
1
My friends, as believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, you must never treat people in different ways according to their outward appearance.
2
Suppose a rich man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes comes to your meeting, and a poor man in ragged clothes also comes.
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If you show more respect to the well-dressed man and say to him, "Have this best seat here," but say to the poor man, "Stand over there, or sit here on the floor by my feet,"
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then you are guilty of creating distinctions among yourselves and of making judgments based on evil motives.
3 John 1:9
I wrote a short letter to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to be their leader, will not pay any attention to what I say.