Woe unto you, Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Further, He banishes utterly love of glory, saying, "Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the chief seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets."
Salutations in the market-place Such as wish to be saluted, and have the first places, that they may appear great, are likened to sepulchres, which are covered externally with ornaments, but are filled inwardly with rottenness. (St. Cyril in St. Thomas Aquinas)
