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Woe To You Pharisees

37 Now at the speaking, a Pharisee asks Him so that He might eat-the-morning-meal with him. And having gone in, He fell-back [to eat]. 38 And the Pharisee, having seen it, marveled that He was not first cleansed[a] before the morning-meal. 39 But the Lord said to him, “Now[b] you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but the inside of you is full of plundering and evilness. 40 Foolish ones— did not the One having made the outside also make the inside? 41 But give the things being-within as alms, and behold— all things are clean for you. 42 But woe to you Pharisees, because you are giving-a-tenth-of the mint and the rue and every garden-plant, and are disregarding[c] the justice and the love of God. But you ought-to-have done these things, and not be slackening[d] those things. 43 Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the seat-of-honor in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you, because you are like unmarked[e] graves, and the people walking over them do not know it ”.

Woe To You Law-Experts

45 And having responded, one of the Law-experts says to Him, “Teacher, while saying these things You also are insulting us”. 46 And the One said, “Woe to you Law-experts also, because you burden people with hard-to-bear burdens[f], and you do not touch[g] the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them! 48 Therefore you are witnesses and are giving-approval to the works of your fathers, because they killed them— and you build their tombs. 49 For this reason the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send-forth prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and persecute, 50 in order that the blood of all the prophets having been shed since the foundation of the world may be required[h] from this generation— 51 from the blood of Abel up to the blood of Zechariah[i], the one having perished between the altar and the house [of God]. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required from this generation’. 52 Woe to you Law-experts, because you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter, and you hindered the ones entering”.

With His Enemies Lying In Wait To Destroy Him, Myriads Gather To Hear Jesus

53 And He having gone out from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly[j] hostile[k], and to question[l] Him concerning more things

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:38 Compare Mk 7:2-4.
  2. Luke 11:39 That is, Right-now; or, As-it-is.
  3. Luke 11:42 Or, passing-by.
  4. Luke 11:42 Or, relaxing.
  5. Luke 11:44 That is, people who come into contact with you become defiled and polluted, and don’t even know it.
  6. Luke 11:46 Jesus is referring to their traditions, their man-made rules of conduct.
  7. Luke 11:46 That is, to carry them yourselves. Many rules that burdened the common working person addressed issues that never arose in the life of a priest.
  8. Luke 11:50 That is, so that the blood-guilt of your fathers may be avenged on you as you repeat their crimes on those I will send to you.
  9. Luke 11:51 That is, the first and last murder recorded in the OT in the Hebrew order of books.
  10. Luke 11:53 Or, fearfully, fiercely.
  11. Luke 11:53 That is, internally hostile and plotting.
  12. Luke 11:53 That is, to ask calculated questions; to bait Him with questions.

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