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the greetings they receive in the marketplaces

The noun "greetings" can be expressed with the verb "greet." These greetings showed that the people respected the scribes. AT: "to be greeted respectfully in the marketplaces" or "people to greet them respectfully in the marketplaces" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)