As he taught, he said, “Watch out for the experts in Moses’ Teachings! They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted in the marketplaces,
Watch out for people who will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues.
“When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites. They like to stand in synagogues and on street corners to pray so that everyone can see them. I can guarantee this truth: That will be their only reward.
and to have the front seats in synagogues and the places of honor at dinners.
He used stories as illustrations to teach them many things. While he was teaching them, he said,
“How horrible it will be for you Pharisees! You love to sit in the front seats in the synagogues and to be greeted in the marketplaces.
I wrote a letter to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, won’t accept us.