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Jesus Criticizes the Religious Leaders(A)

37 After Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee asked Jesus to eat with him. So he went and took a place at the table. 38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not wash his hands[a] first before the meal. 39 The Lord said to him, “The washing you Pharisees do is like cleaning only the outside of a cup or a dish. But what is inside you? You want only to cheat and hurt people.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:38 wash his hands Washing the hands was a Jewish religious custom that the Pharisees thought was very important.

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