Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
40O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.
Psalms 22:13\22:12\A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
Ezekiel 22:25Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.
Zephaniah 3:3Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
Matthew 12:33Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.
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 →