Luke:11:37-54

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* Now as he spoke , a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him . He went in , and sat at the table . * When the Pharisee saw it , he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner . * The Lord said to him , "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter , but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness . * You foolish ones , didn 't he who made the outside make the inside also ? * But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within , and behold , all things will be clean to you . * But woe to you Pharisees ! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb , but you bypass justice and the love of God . You ought to have done these , and not to have left the other undone . * Woe to you Pharisees ! For you love the best seats in the synagogues , and the greetings in the marketplaces . * Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you are like hidden graves , and the men who walk over them don 't know it ." * One of the lawyers answered him , "Teacher , in saying this you insult us also ." * He said , "Woe to you lawyers also ! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry , and you yourselves won 't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens . * Woe to you ! For you build the tombs of the prophets , and your fathers killed them . * So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers . For they killed them , and you build their tombs . * Therefore also the wisdom of God said , 'I will send to them prophets and apostles ; and some of them they will kill and persecute , * that the blood of all the prophets , which was shed from the foundation of the world , may be required of this generation ; * from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah , who perished between the altar and the sanctuary .' Yes , I tell you , it will be required of this generation . * Woe to you lawyers ! For you took away the key of knowledge . You didn 't enter in yourselves , and those who were entering in , you hindered ." * As he said these things to them , the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry , and to draw many things out of him ; * lying in wait for him , and seeking to catch him in something he might say , that they might accuse him .

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