Pharisees and Legal Experts Denounced

37 And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to have a meal[a] with him, and he went in and[b] reclined at table. 38 And the Pharisee, when he[c] saw it,[d] was astonished that he did not first wash before the meal. 39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:37 Literally “that he would have a meal”
  2. Luke 11:37 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went in”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Luke 11:38 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Luke 11:38 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation