King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 23:6
“‹And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,›”
Verse in context — Matthew 23
4
‹For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay› [them] ‹on men's shoulders; but they› [themselves] ‹will not move them with one of their fingers.›
5
‹But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,›
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‹And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,›
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‹And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.›
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‹But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,› [even] ‹Christ; and all ye are brethren.›
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