Woe unto you, Pharisees for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
Beware of the scribes, which 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 boasting; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
I wrote unto the assembly: but Dio- trephes, who loveth to have the preemi-nence among them, receiveth us not.