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Luke 20:46
46‘Be careful not to do the same as the teachers of God's Law. They want people to think that they are important. So they walk about in beautiful long clothes. They like people to praise them in the market place. They choose to sit in the best seats in the meeting place. They like to sit in the most important places at special meals.
Luke 20:46 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Beware 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;
- New International Version (NIV)“Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,
Context of Luke 20:46
44You see here that David calls the Messiah his Lord. So can you really say that the Messiah is David's son?’ 45All the people were listening to Jesus. Jesus then said to his disciples, ‘Be careful not to do the same as the teachers of God's Law. They want people to think that they are important. So they walk about in beautiful long clothes. They like people to praise them in the market place. They choose to sit in the best seats in the meeting place. They like to sit in the most important places at special meals. 47They take things away from women after their husbands have died, even their houses. Then they pray for a long time so that other people will praise them. Because they do these things, God will punish those men much more than other people.’
Read all of Luke 20Luke 20:46 word by word
προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν γραμματέων τῶν θελόντων περιπατεῖν ἐν στολαῖς καὶ φιλούντων ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς καὶ πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ πρωτοκλισίας ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Bewareπροσέχωprosechō · to watch outG4337
- ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
- the scribesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the scribesγραμματεύςgrammateus · scribeG1122
- desireθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
- to walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- long robesστολήstolē · robeG4749
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- loveφιλέωphileō · to loveG5368
- greetingsἀσπασμόςaspasmos · salutationG783
- the marketsἀγοράagora · marketplaceG58
- the highest seatsπρωτοκαθεδρίαprōtokathedria · seat of honorG4410
- the synagoguesσυναγωγήsunagōgē · synagogueG4864
- the chief roomsπρωτοκλισίαprōtoklisia · place of honorG4411
- feastsδεῖπνονdeipnon · dinnerG1173
Cross-references for Luke 20:46
- Luke 12:1While all this was happening, many thousands of people had come together near that place. The crowd was so big that people were almost walking over each other. Jesus began to talk first to his disciples. He said, ‘Be careful! Do not accept the yeast of the Pharisees. Do not be hypocrites like they are.
- Matthew 16:6Jesus said to them, ‘Be careful! Do not accept the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.’
- Mark 8:15Jesus said to them, ‘Be careful. Do not accept the yeast of the Pharisees or the yeast of Herod.’
- 2 Timothy 4:15You must also be careful that he does not cause trouble for you. He argued very strongly against our message.
- Luke 11:43Yes, it will be very bad for you Pharisees! You like to sit in the best seats in the meeting place. And you like people to praise you in the market place.
- Luke 14:7Jesus watched how people chose the best places to sit at the meal. So he told this story to those who were sitting there:
- Proverbs 29:23A person's pride will bring shame to him. But a humble person will receive honour.
- Matthew 23:5The Pharisees do things only so that people will see them. They wear little boxes with words from the Bible in them, but they make them really big. They also make the tassels on their clothes very long.
- Mark 12:38As Jesus was teaching the people, he said, ‘Be careful not to do the same as the teachers of God's Law. They want people to think that they are important. So they walk about in beautiful long clothes. They like people to praise them in the market place.
- Romans 12:10Love each other truly like brothers and sisters. Be really happy to respect other Christians.
- Philippians 2:3In the way that you live, do not just try to help yourself. Do not be proud. Instead, respect other people. Think about other people as more important than yourself.
- 3 John 1:9I have already written something to the group of believers. But Diotrephes refuses to accept our authority. He really wants to be the only leader among them.
Commentaries on Luke 20:46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46Beware of the scribes - Take heed that ye be not seduced by those who should show you the way of salvation. See on Matthew 23:4-14; (note). How it can be supposed that the ancient Jewish Church had no distinct notion of the resurrection of the dead is to me truly surprising. The justice of God, so peculiarly conspicuous under the old covenant, might have led the people to infer that there must be a resurrection of the dead, if even the passage to which…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45-47Verses 45-47 See Matthew 23:1.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-47Verses 39-47 The scribes commended the reply Christ made to the Sadducees about the resurrection, but they were silenced by a question concerning the Messiah. Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son. The scribes would receive the severest judgement for defrauding the poor widows, and for their abuse of religion, particularly of prayer, which they used as a pretence for carrying on worldly and wicked plans. Dissembled piety is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46-47Jesus continued confronting his opponents by warning people about the hypocrisy and exploitation practiced by the teachers of the law. These leaders sought honor and respect for themselves while taking advantage of vulnerable people. the greetings in the marketplaces: See study note on 11:43. the places of honor at banquets: See study notes on 5:30; 14:7.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-4746-47. Beware, &c.--(See on Mt 23:5; and Lu 14:7).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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