In His teachingHe was saying:"Bewareof the scribeswho liketo walk aroundin long robes,and [like] respectful greetingsin the market places,
"But bewareof men,for they will handyou over to [the] courtsand scourgeyou in their synagogues;
"Whenyou pray,you are not to be likethe hypocrites;for they loveto standand prayin the synagoguesand on the streetcornerssothat they may be seenby men.TrulyI sayto you, they havetheir rewardin full.
and chief seatsin the synagoguesand places of honorat banquets,
And He was teachingthem many thingsin parables,and was sayingto them in His teaching,
"Woeto you Pharisees!For you lovethe chief seatsin the synagoguesand the respectful greetingsin the market places.
I wrotesomethingto the church;but Diotrephes,who loves to be firstamong them, does not acceptwhat we say.