Luke 11:39
But the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of cups and bowls, but the inside of you is filled with greed and evil.
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In Context
38The Pharisee was surprised that Jesus first did not wash before dinner.
40You senseless men! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:2He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not with a whole heart.
Psalms 22:13They open their mouths wide against me 1 like a roaring lion ripping its victim. 1
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, 1 and yet they are not washed of their filth. 1
Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing apart a victim. They consume life and take precious wealth; they make many widows within her! + 22:25 Instead of There is a conspiracy of her prophets within her , some ancient copies have whose princes .
Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions in her midst. 1 Her judges are evening wolves who leave nothing to be gnawed upon in the morning. 1
Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
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 →