Luke 11:38

And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

37When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.

39but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2"Why do your disciples keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?"

John 3:25Then some of John’s disciples got into a controversy with a Jew in regard to purification; so they came to John and said to him.

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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