Then He said to them in His teaching, "Take heed of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and like greetings in the marketplaces,
But beware of men, for they will hand you over to councils and they will flog you in their synagogues.
"And whenever you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and on the streetcorners, so that they may be seen by men. Assuredly I say to you, that they receive their reward in full.
and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first couches at the suppers;
And He was teaching them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching:
Woe to you Pharisees! Because you love the first seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves the preeminence over them, does not receive us.