³⁷And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to have a meal^f with him, and he went in and^* reclined at table. ³⁸And the Pharisee, when he^* saw it,^* was astonished that he did not first wash before the meal. ³⁹But 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. ⁴⁰Fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹But give as charitable giving the things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

⁴²“But woe to you, Pharisees, because you pay a tenth of mint and rue and every garden herb, and neglect justice and love for God! But it was necessary to do these things without neglecting those things also. ⁴³Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the best seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces! ⁴⁴Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and the people who walk over them^* do not know it!^*

⁴⁵And one of the legal experts answered and^* said to him, “Teacher, when you^* say these things, you insult us also!” ⁴⁶So he said, “Woe to you also, legal experts, because you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers! ⁴⁷Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them! ⁴⁸As a result you are witnesses, and you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because they killed them and you build their tombs!^g ⁴⁹For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, ⁵¹from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple building.^h Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation! ⁵²Woe to you, legal experts, because you have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering!”

⁵³And when^* he departed from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile, and to question him closely about many things, ⁵⁴plotting to catch him with reference to something he might say.ⁱ

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Luke 11:42: ...But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Footnotes

fLiterally “that he would have a meal”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went in”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“say”) which is understood as temporal
gA large number of later manuscripts add the words “their tombs” here, with variations of wording; although the words are not likely to be original, it is necessary to supply them in keeping with English style
hLiterally “the house,” here a reference to the temple
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“departed”)
iLiterally “from his mouth”