Matthew 23:6-8

23:6 They ¹  love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues ²  23:7 and elaborate greetings ³  in the marketplaces, and to have people call them ‘Rabbi.’ 23:8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

[23:6]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[23:6]  ² sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[23:7]  ³ sn There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.