³⁸ And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and `to have' salutations in the marketplaces,

⁴³ Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

¹ Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,

² saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:

³ all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, `these' do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

⁴ Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders `of their garments',

⁶ and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

⁷ and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.

⁴⁵ And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,

⁴⁶ Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;

⁴⁷ who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

⁵ And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

¹⁷ But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;

² And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,

⁷ And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

⁸ When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

⁹ and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

¹⁰ But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

¹¹ For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

⁹ I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.