Luke 11:39
And the Lord said unto him: Now, ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the tray, do make pure; but, your inward part, is full of plunder and wickedness.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
38And, the Pharisee, beholding, marvelled that he was not, first, immersed, before the dinner.
40Simple ones! Did not, he who made the outside, the inside also, make?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,—only not with a whole heart.
Psalms 22:13They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
Proverbs 30:12A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
Ezekiel 22:25Because her princes in her midst are like a roaring lion rending prey,— Life, have they devoured Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst.
Zephaniah 3:3Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions,—her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning!
Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree worthless, and its fruit worthless; for, from the fruit, the tree is known.
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 →