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Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in and reclined at the table.

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

When the Pharisee saw this, he was surprised that Jesus had not first ceremonially washed before the meal.

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

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.

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.

"You foolish ones, did He who made the outside not make the inside also?

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

"But give that which is within as a charitable gift, and then all things are clean for you.

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

"But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every kind of garden herb, and yet you ignore justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

"Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the seat of honor in the synagogues and personal greetings in the marketplaces.

Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

"Woe to you! For you are like unseen tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it."

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

One of the lawyers said to Him in reply, "Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us too."

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

But He said, "Woe to you lawyers as well! For you load people with burdens that are hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

"Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them.

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

"So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

"For this reason also, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will persecute,

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

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 Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.'

From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

"Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering."

Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

When He left that place, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to interrogate Him about many subjects,

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: