Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,
Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.