Luke 11:38
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
In Context
37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
Cross References
Matthew 15:2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
John 3:25Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
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 →