Take the Lowly Place

⁷ So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:

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

^3 (A)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but ^(B)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

^6 (A)They love the ^[a]best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

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

Beware of the Scribes^(A)

³⁸ Then ^(B)He said to them in His teaching, ^(C)“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, ^(D)love greetings in the marketplaces, ³⁹ the ^(E)best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,

Diotrephes and Demetrius

⁹ I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.

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

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

Prophecy and the Parables

^34 (A)All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,