Luke 11:39
So the Lord told him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you're full of greed and wickedness.
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38The Pharisee was surprised that Jesus didn't wash his hands before eating as ceremonially required.
40You're so foolish! Don't you think the one who made the outside made the inside as well?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:2He did what was right in the Lord's sight but not with complete commitment.
Psalms 22:13Like roaring lions tearing at their prey they open their mouths wide against me.
Proverbs 30:12There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed.
Ezekiel 22:25Her leaders conspire together and it's like watching a roaring lion ripping up its prey. They destroy the people, grab everything that's valuable, and make many more widows in the city.
Zephaniah 3:3Your leaders are as greedy as roaring lions; your judges are ravenous wolves that leave nothing behind by morning.
Matthew 12:33Either decide that the tree is good, and its fruit is good, or decide that the tree is bad and its fruit is bad—for the tree is known by its fruit.
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 →