>Thanks for pushing me, Carlton. I found the passage I was
>looking for -- Luke 11.43:
>
> hOUAI hUMIN TOIS FARISAIOIS, hOTI _AGAPATE_ THN PRWTOKAQEDRIAN
> EN TAIS SUNAGWGAIS KAI TOUS ASPASMOUS EN TAIS AGORAIS.
>
> Alas for you, you Pharisees, that you love the chief seat
> in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces!
Which is a clear parallel to Matt. 23:6;
_FILOUSIN_ DE THN PRWTOKLISIAN EN TOIS DEIPNOIS KAI TAS PRWTOKAQEDRIAS EN
TAIS SUNAGWGAIS KAI TOUS ASPASMOUS EN TAIS AGORAIS,
Carlton L. Winbery
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