The Parable of the Wedding Feast

⁷ Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed ^(A)how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! For ^(A)you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

³ Do nothing from ^(A)selfish ambition or ^(B)conceit, but in ^(C)humility count others more significant than yourselves.

⁶ and they ^(A)love the place of honor at feasts and ^(B)the best seats in the synagogues

⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and ^(A)the places of honor at feasts,

Beware of the Scribes

^38 (A)And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces ³⁹ and have the best seats in the synagogues and ^(B)the places of honor at feasts,

⁹ I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

^2 (A)“Son of man, ^(B)propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Prophecy and Parables

^34 (A)All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.