Luke 11:39
But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu said to him, Now you Perushim wash the outside of the kos and the dish you clean, but the inside of you is full of gezel (robbery) and resha.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
40Goilomim (Foolish people)! Did not the One having made the outside also make the inside?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:2And he did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem, but not with a levav shalem.
Psalms 22:13Parim rabbim (many bulls) have encompassed me; 1 strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about. 1
Proverbs 30:12There is a dor (generation) that is tahor (pure) in its own eynayim, 1 and yet is not washed from its filthiness. 1
Ezekiel 22:25There is a kesher of her nevi'im in the midst thereof, like a roaring ari (lion) tearing the prey; they have devoured nefesh; they have taken the khosen (treasure, wealth) and precious things; they have made her many almanot (widows) in the midst thereof.
Zephaniah 3:3Her sarim (princes) within her are roaring arayot; 1 her shofetim are evening wolves; 1 they leave nothing for the boker (morning). 1
Matthew 12:33Either make the etz (tree) tov (good) and its pri (fruit) will be tov, or make the etz nishchat (corrupt) and its pri will be rah; for by its pri the etz 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 →