Luke 11:42-12:3

Christian Standard Bible

⁴² “But woe^(A) to you Pharisees! You give a tenth^[a](B) of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass^[b] justice^(C) and love for God.^[c](D) These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

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

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

⁴⁵ One of the experts in the law^(H) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too.”

⁴⁶ Then he said, “Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens^(I) that are hard to carry, and yet you yourselves don’t touch these burdens with one of your fingers.^(J)

⁴⁷ “Woe to you! You build tombs^[e] for the prophets,^(K) and your fathers killed^(L) them. ⁴⁸ Therefore, you are witnesses^(M) that you approve^[f](N) the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.^{[g] 49} Because of this, the wisdom of God^(O) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles,^(P) and some of them they will kill and persecute,’^{(Q) 50} so that this generation^(R) may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world^[h](S) — ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel^(T) to the blood of Zechariah,^(U) who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.

“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible.^[i]

⁵² “Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge.^(V) You didn’t go in yourselves, and you hindered^(W) those who were trying to go in.”

⁵³ When he left there,^[j] the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose^(X) him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things; ⁵⁴ they were lying in wait^(Y) for him to trap him in something he said.^[k](Z)

Beware of Religious Hypocrisy

12 Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling^(AA) on one another. He began to say to his disciples first,^(AB) “Be on your guard^(AC) against the leaven^[l](AD) of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.^{(AE) 2} There is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered,^(AF) nothing hidden that won’t be made known.^{(AG) 3} Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms^(AH) will be proclaimed on the housetops.^(AI)