"And when the Pharisee saw {it}, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner." — Luke 11:38

Luke 11:38 · KJV

“And when the Pharisee saw {it}, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.”

— Luke 11:38

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

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.

Luke 11 — Context

If thy whole body therefore {be} full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. {the bright...: Gr. a candle by its bright shining}

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

And when the Pharisee saw {it}, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

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.

{Ye} fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

Cross References

Matthew 15:2-3

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Mark 7:2-5

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. {defiled: or, common}

John 3:25

Then there arose a question between {some} of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.