Matthew 23:7
Matthew 23:4-7 The Message (MSG)
“Instead of giving you God’s Law as food and drink by which you can banquet on God, they package it in bundles of rules, loading you down like pack animals. They seem to take pleasure in watching you stagger under these loads, and wouldn’t think of lifting a finger to help. Their lives are perpetual fashion shows, embroidered prayer shawls one day and flowery prayers the next. They love to sit at the head table at church dinners, basking in the most prominent positions, preening in the radiance of public flattery, receiving honorary degrees, and getting called ‘Doctor’ and ‘Reverend.’
Matthew 23:7 King James Version (KJV)
and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Matthew 23:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men.
Matthew 23:7 New Century Version (NCV)
They love people to greet them with respect in the marketplaces, and they love to have people call them ‘Teacher.’
Matthew 23:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.
Matthew 23:7 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
they love to be greeted with respect in the market-places and to be called “Rabbi” by others.
Matthew 23:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’
Matthew 23:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
and to be greeted [with respect] in the market places and public forums, and to have people call them Rabbi.
Matthew 23:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’