Luke 11:38

And when the Pharisee saw, he marveled that he did not first wash before dinner.

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In The King James Version

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

In Context

37Now as he spoke a certain Pharisee asks him that he might dine with him. And having entered in, he sat down.

39And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

John 3:25Therefore a debate developed from John's disciples with the Jews about purification.

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →

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