"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes and love to be saluted with honor in public places, to be seated in the front seats in the synagogues, and to occupy the places of honor at banquets --

Every ravine must be filled up, and every mountain and hill leveled down; the crooked places must become straight roads, and the rough roads must be made smooth,

For He was commanding the foul spirit to get out of the man. For on many occasions it had seized him, and repeatedly he had been fastened with chains and fetters under constant guard, and yet he would snap his bonds, and the demon would drive him into desert places.

A curse on you Pharisees, because you like to have the front seats in synagogues, and to be greeted with honor in public places!

When He noticed how the guests were picking out the best places, He told them the following story:

There will be great earthquakes and pestilences and famines in various places, and there will be dreadful portents and awful signs in the sky.