Luke 11:38

But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

37But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.

39But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward [parts] are full of plunder and wickedness.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

John 3:25There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew 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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