Luke 11:40
Fools! Did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
In Context
41Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God molded a human being out of dust taken from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living being.
Psalms 14:1Fools say in their heart, “There is no God.” Vile, hateful their life is; not one does good.
Psalms 75:4I say to the boasters, “Boast not”; to the wicked, “Lift not up your horn:
Matthew 23:17Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
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 →