'Marketplaces' in the Bible
"To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,
and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.'
And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,
Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!
"Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.