Luke 11:39
Good News Translation
So the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Contemporary English Version
So the Lord said to him: You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but on the inside you are greedy and evil.

New American Bible
The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to him: Now you, Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter: but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord said to him: Now you, Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter: but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity.

Now.

Matthew 23:25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness.

Galatians 1:14 And I made progress in the Jew's religion above many of my equals in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

2 Timothy 3:5 Having an appearance indeed of godliness but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.

Titus 1:15 All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

but.

Luke 16:15 And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God.

Genesis 6:5 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

2 Chronicles 25:2 And he did what was good in the sight of the Lord: but yet not with a perfect heart.

2 Chronicles 31:20,21 So Ezechias did all things which we have said in all Juda, and wrought that which was good, and right, and truth, before the Lord his God, . . .

Proverbs 26:25 When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.

Proverbs 30:12 A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Jeremiah 4:14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

Matthew 12:33-35 Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known. . . .

Matthew 15:19 For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

John 12:6 Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

John 13:2 And when supper was done (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him),

Acts 5:3 But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land?

Acts 8:21-23 Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God. . . .

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

ravening.

Psalm 22:13 They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.

Ezekiel 22:25,27 There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey, they have devoured souls, they have taken riches and hire, they have made many widows in the midst thereof. . . .

Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Context
Woes to Religious Leaders
38And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner. 39And the Lord said to him: Now you, Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter: but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity. 40Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make also that which is within?…
Cross References
Proverbs 26:23
Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern vessel adorned with silver dross.

Matthew 23:25
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness.

Matthew 23:26
Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.

Luke 7:13
Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not.

Luke 7:19
And John called to him two of his disciples and sent them to Jesus, saying: Art thou he that art to come? Or look we for another?

Luke 11:38
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