Luke 11:38

And the Pharisee, seeing it, wondered that he did not bathe before dinner.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

37And when he had done speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. And he went in and reclined at the table.

39But the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inside is full of rapacity and wickedness.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

John 3:25Then there arose a question on the part of John's disciples with a Jew 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 →

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