In his teaching, he said, “Y’all beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
Woe to y’all Pharisees! For y’all love the best seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
“When y’all pray, y’all are not to be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by humans. Truly, I tell y’all, they have received their reward.
He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said,
But y’all beware of humans, for they will deliver y’all up to councils and flog y’all in their synagogues.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept us.
and to get the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.