Matthew 6:5
The Lord’s Prayer
5“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love ato stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. bTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward.Luke 11:43
43Woe to you Pharisees! For cyou love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.Luke 14:7-11
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
7Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed dhow they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, eso that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11For feveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”3 John 9
9I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
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