⁷ He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

⁹ I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn't accept what we say.

⁶ and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

³ doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

¹⁹ saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

⁴⁶ "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

³⁸ In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

³⁹ and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

² Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

¹ Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?

¹² Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;