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NASB | Luke 11:43 "Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 11:43 "Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the best seats in the synagogues and to be respectfully greeted in the market places. |
Subject: How does this vs fit your view of love? |
Bible Note: Good Morning Searcher :) I am going to take a stab at this one and hope you will respond. I believe that Jesus is telling the Pharisees in this verse that they are in a sad state afflicted and wrectched, because they "Cherish" the honors, entitlements and adulations of there positions, and did not "Cherish" the God's Chosen. They were self-righteous, vain and prideful. They taxed the people with the burden of God's Laws but they themselves were immoral and showed no real Love for God's Law. This is my understanding of the use of agape in this verse. I am open to hearing what you think on it. Yours in Christ, -Kathy |