Luke 11:40
You're so foolish! Don't you think the one who made the outside made the inside as well?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
In Context
41If, acting from within, you do acts of kindness to others, then everything will be clean to you.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7The Lord God shaped the man Adam from the dust of the ground. He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living being.
Psalms 14:1Only fools tell themselves, “God doesn't exist.” They are completely immoral; they commit terrible sins; not a single one of them does anything good.
Psalms 75:4To those who boast I say, ‘Don't boast!’ I tell the wicked, ‘Don't be proud!’
Proverbs 1:22“How long will you stupid people love stupidity? How long will scornful people enjoy their mocking? How long will fools hate knowledge?
Jeremiah 5:21Listen to this, you foolish, stupid people, who have eyes but don't see, who have ears but don't hear.
Matthew 23:17What is greater—the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold holy?
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 →