Luke 11:39–52

^39eThen the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but ^fyour inward part is full of ²greed and wickedness. ⁴⁰Foolish ones! Did not ^gHe who made the outside make the inside also? ^41hBut rather give alms of ³such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.

⁴²ⁱ“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and ^jpass by justice and the ^klove of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. ^43lWoe to you Pharisees! For you love the ⁴best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. ^44mWoe to you, ⁵scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ⁿFor you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

“Woes” on the Lawyers

⁴⁵Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”

⁴⁶And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! ^oFor you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. ^47pWoe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. ⁴⁹Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ^q‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, ^51rfrom the blood of Abel to ^sthe blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

^52t“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”