And he said to them in his teaching, Look from the scribes, wishing to walk in robes, and greetings in market-places,
Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seat in assemblies, and greetings in market-places.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love in the assemblies, and in the corners of the broad ways to stand praying, so that they might appear to men. Verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
And he taught them in parables many things, and said to them in his teaching,
And hold ye from men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their assemblies will they scourge you.
I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, seeking the superiority over them, receives us not.
And first seats in synagogues, and first place at tables in first meals: