Luke 11:37-44

Christian Standard Bible

Religious Hypocrisy Denounced

³⁷ As he was speaking, a Pharisee^(A) 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^[a](B) before dinner.^{(C) 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^(D) and evil.^{(E) 40} Fools!^(F) Didn’t he who made the outside make the inside too? ⁴¹ But give from what is within to the poor,^[b](G) and then everything is clean^(H) for you.

⁴² “But woe^(I) to you Pharisees! You give a tenth^[c](J) of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass^[d] justice^(K) and love for God.^[e](L) These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

⁴³ “Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat^(M) in the synagogues^(N) and greetings in the marketplaces.

⁴⁴ “Woe to you!^[f] You are like unmarked graves; ^(O) the people who walk over them don’t know it.”