When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greeting
“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chi
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will