And he said to them in his doctrine: "Beware of the scribes, who prefer to walk in long robes and to be greeted in the marketplace,
But beware of men. For they will hand you over to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
And when you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, who love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets to pray, so that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
and to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues, and to have the first seats at feasts,
And he taught them many things in parables, and he said to them, in his doctrine:
Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the first seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the marketplace.
As it happens, I had written to the church. But Diotrephes, who loves to bear the highest rank among them, would not accept us.