Luke 11:38

And the Pharisee seeing, was astonished because He was not first baptized before dinner.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

In Context

37And while He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him, that He would dine with him: and having come in, He sat up at the table.

39And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees purify the outside of the cup and the plate, but the interior is full of extortion and wickedness.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

John 3:25And there was a disputation of the disciples of John, concerning purifying.

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 →

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