Luke 11:29-41

Christian Standard Bible

The Sign of Jonah

²⁹ As the crowds were increasing, he began saying, “This generation^(A) is an evil generation.^(B) It demands a sign,^(C) but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.^{[a](D) 30} For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man^(E) will be to this generation. ³¹ The queen of the south^(F) will rise up at the judgment^(G) with the men of this generation and condemn^(H) them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,^(I) and look—something greater than Solomon is here. ³² The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching, and look—something greater than Jonah is here.

The Lamp of the Body

³³ “No^(J) one lights a lamp^(K) and puts it in the cellar or under a basket,^[b] but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light. ³⁴ Your eye is the lamp of the body.^(L) When your eye is healthy, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad,^(M) your body is also full of darkness. ³⁵ Take care, then, that the light in you is not darkness. ³⁶ If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

Religious Hypocrisy Denounced

³⁷ As he was speaking, a Pharisee^(N) asked him to dine with him. So he went in and reclined at the table. ³⁸ When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that he did not first perform the ritual washing^[c](O) before dinner.^{(P) 39} But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed^(Q) and evil.^{(R) 40} Fools!^(S) Didn’t he who made the outside make the inside too? ⁴¹ But give from what is within to the poor,^[d](T) and then everything is clean^(U) for you.