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Luke 11:44

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11:44Woe to you!137 You are like unmarked graves, and people138 walk over them without realizing it!”139

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  1. 137 Most (A [D] W Θ Ψ f13 𝔐 it) have “experts in the law and Pharisees, hypocrites” after “you,” but this looks like an assimilation to the parallel in Matt 23:25, 27, 29. The shorter reading has earlier attestation from a variety of reliable (𝔓45, 75 א B C L f1 33 1241 2542 lat sa).
  2. 138 Grk “men.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos), referring to both males and females.
  3. 139 In Judaism to come into contact with the dead or what is associated with them, even without knowing it, makes one unclean (Num 19:11–22; Lev 21:1–3; , Demai 2:3). To Pharisees, who would have been so sensitive about contracting ceremonial uncleanness, it would have been quite a stinging rebuke to be told they caused it.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves; the people who walk over them don’t know it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and the people who walk over them do not know it!

KJV 1900King James Version

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.