¶ And he said unto them in his doctrine: beware of the scribes which love to go in long, clothing: and love salutations in the market places,
Beware of men, for they shall deliver you up to the councils, and shall scourge you in their synagogues.
¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
and the chief seats in the synagogues, and to sit in the uppermost rooms at feasts,
And he taught them many things in similitudes, and said unto them in his doctrine.
¶ Woe be to you pharises: for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
¶ I wrote unto the congregation: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not,