37 Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not firstaaceremonially washed before theabmeal. 39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; butacinside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. 40 You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But give that which is within as charity, andadthen all things are clean for you. | |
42 “But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. 44 Woe to you! For you are likeaeconcealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.” | |
45 One of theaflawyers *said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.” 46 But He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear,agwhile you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe to you! For you build theahtombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. 48 So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they willaipersecute, 50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may beajcharged against this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall beakcharged against this generation.’ 52 Woe to youallawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.” | |
53 When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects, 54 plotting against Him to catchamHim in something He might say. |
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