Luke 20:46
New Living Translation
46 “Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces. And how they love the seats of honor in the synagogues and the head table at banquets.
Read full chapter
Luke 11:43
New Living Translation
43 “What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces.
Read full chapter
Mark 12:38-39
New Living Translation
38 Jesus also taught: “Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces. 39 And how they love the seats of honor in the synagogues and the head table at banquets.
Read full chapter
Luke 14:7
New Living Translation
Jesus Teaches about Humility
7 When Jesus noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit in the seats of honor near the head of the table, he gave them this advice:
Read full chapter
Philippians 2:3-5
New Living Translation
3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Read full chapter
Luke 12:1
New Living Translation
A Warning against Hypocrisy
12 Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy.
Read full chapter
3 John 9
New Living Translation
9 I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us.
Read full chapter
Romans 12:10
New Living Translation
10 Love each other with genuine affection,[a] and take delight in honoring each other.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 12:10 Greek with brotherly love.
Matthew 23:5-7
New Living Translation
5 “Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.[a] 6 And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues. 7 They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’[b]
Read full chapter
Matthew 16:6
New Living Translation
6 “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Read full chapter
2 Timothy 4:15
New Living Translation
15 Be careful of him, for he fought against everything we said.
Read full chapter
Mark 8:15
New Living Translation
15 As they were crossing the lake, Jesus warned them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
Read full chapter
Proverbs 29:23
New Living Translation
23 Pride ends in humiliation,
while humility brings honor.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.