Luke 11:38

and the Pharisee having seen, wondered that He did not first immerse Himself before the early meal.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

37And in [His] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking Him that He might dine with him, and having gone in, He reclined,

39And the LORD said to him, “Now you, the Pharisees, make the outside of the cup and of the plate clean, but your inward part is full of robbery and wickedness.

Read all of Luke 11

Cross References

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

John 3:25there arose then a question from the disciples of John with [some] Jews about purifying,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 11:38