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Luke 11:39

But the Master said to him, “You Pharisees do, it is true, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are filled with greed and wickedness.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

38The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.

40Fools! Did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?

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Cross References

Psalms 22:13who face me with gaping jaws, like ravening roaring lions.

Zephaniah 3:3Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves, who leave nothing over until the morning,

Matthew 12:33“You must assume either that both tree and fruit are good, or that both tree and fruit are worthless; since it is by its fruits that a tree is known.

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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