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Luke 11:39 Cross-References

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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 11:39 (KJV)

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Commentary on Luke 11:39

Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness (τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τοῦ πίνακος καθαρίζετε, τὸ δὲ ἔσωθεν ὑμῶν γέμει ἁρπαγῆς καὶ πονηρίας)—Jesus's response escalates from defending his practice to attacking theirs. The contrast between exōthen (outside) and esōthen (inside) structures his critique: external versus internal, appearance versus reality. Their scrupulous vessel-cleaning ritual (katharizō) masks internal corruption.Full of ravening and wickedness (γέμει ἁρπαγῆς καὶ πονηρίας)—the verb gemō (full, l...

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