⁴ and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they ^[a]cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the ^[b]washing of ^(A)cups and pitchers and copper pots.)

³⁹ But ^(A)the Lord said to him, “Now ^(B)you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but ^[a]inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. ^40 (C)You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But ^(D)give that which is within as charity, and ^[b]then all things are ^(E)clean for you.

⁴² “^(F)But woe to you Pharisees! For you ^(G)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 ^(H)love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. ^44 (I)Woe to you! For you are like ^[c]concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”

⁴⁵ One of the ^[d](J)lawyers *said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.” ⁴⁶ But He said, “Woe to you ^(K)lawyers as well! For ^(L)you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, ^[e]while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. ^47 (M)Woe to you! For you build the ^[f]tombs 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 ^(N)the wisdom of God said, ‘^(O)I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will ^[g]persecute, ⁵⁰ so that the blood of all the prophets, shed ^(P)since the foundation of the world, may be ^[h]charged against this generation, ⁵¹ from ^(Q)the blood of Abel to ^(R)the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be ^[i]charged against this generation.’ ⁵² Woe to you ^[j](S)lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; ^(T)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 (U)plotting against Him ^(V)to catch ^[k]Him in something He might say.