Luke 11:39
The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
38When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
40You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:2He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, but not with a perfect heart.
Psalms 22:13They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made many widows within it.
Zephaniah 3:3Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
Matthew 12:33“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known 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 →