Mark 12:38

Modern

In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

Traditional

And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

Literal

And in His teaching He was saying, “Beware of the scribes, who are wanting to walk about in long robes and greetings in the marketplaces,

Latin

Et dicebat eis in doctrina sua: Cavete a scribis, qui volunt in stolis ambulare, et salutari in foro,

Greek

English

In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

the scribes: See 1:22. This warning is similar to the one against the Pharisees and Herod in 8:15. The scribes violated the two greatest commandments (12:30–31). They broke the first commandment by not loving God and by seeking respect and praise for themselves instead of reserving it for God.
long robes: These were likely clothes worn by religious men. To receive greetings perhaps meant being called Rabbi (see Matthew 23:7). The chief seats were in the front of the synagogue facing the congregation.

Luke 20:45–47
In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,
Matthew 23:1–7
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
Luke 11:43
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
Matthew 6:5
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Mark 4:2
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
Luke 14:7–11
When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
Matthew 10:17
But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
3 John 1:9
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.