Luke 11:37-54 - Pharisees And Legal Experts Denounced
37 And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. And He went in and reclined. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he was amazed that He had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the platter clean, but your inward part is full of plunder and wickedness. 40 Fools! Did not He who made the outside also make the inside? 41 But give alms of such things as you have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
42 But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets.
44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unseen tombs and the men walking above are not aware of them.
45 And one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, Master, you reproach us also when you say this.
46 And He said, Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens grievous to be carried, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly you bear witness that you consent to the deeds of your fathers. For they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute, 50 so that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe to you, lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and you have hindered those who were entering in.
53 And as He said these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw Him out concerning many things, 54 lying in ambush for Him, and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, so that they might accuse Him.