Luke 11:37-54
Woes to Pharisees and Experts in the Law

37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

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38 And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

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39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

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40 [Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

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41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

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42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

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44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].

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45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

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46 And he said, Woe unto you also, [ye] lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

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47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

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49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and persecute:

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50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

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51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

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52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

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53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

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54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

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