Christian Standard Bible
Luke 11:40
40Fools! Didn’t he who made the outside make the inside too?
Luke 11:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
- New International Version (NIV)You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?
- English Standard Version (ESV)You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
Context of Luke 11:40
38When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that he did not first perform the ritual washing before dinner. 39But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil. Fools! Didn’t he who made the outside make the inside too? 41But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you. 42“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.
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ἄφρονες, οὐχ ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔξωθεν καὶ τὸ ἔσωθεν ἐποίησεν;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 11:40
- Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared — whose will they be?’
- Luke 24:25He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.” They are corrupt; they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 75:4I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
- Psalms 94:8Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise?
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.
- Jeremiah 5:21Hear this, you foolish and senseless people. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear.
- Matthew 23:17Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
- Matthew 23:26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside of it may also become clean.
- 1 Corinthians 15:36You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “God, God who gives breath to all, when one man sins, will you vent your wrath on the whole community?”
- Psalms 33:15He forms the hearts of them all; he considers all their works.
- Psalms 94:9Can the one who shaped the ear not hear, the one who formed the eye not see?
Commentaries on Luke 11:40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40Did not he that made that which is without - Did not the maker of the dish form it so, both outwardly and inwardly, as to answer the purpose for which it was made? And can it answer this purpose without being clean in the inside as well as on the outside? God has made you such, both as to your bodies and souls, as he intended should show forth his praise; but can you think that the purpose of God can be accomplished by you while you only attend to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40Ye fools - How unwise and wicked is your conduct! The word denotes not only “want of wisdom,” but also wickedness. Compare Psalm 14:1; Proverbs 13:19; Proverbs 14:9. Your conduct is not merely “foolish,” but it is a cloak for sin - designed to countenance wickedness. Did not he - Did not God, who made the “body,” make also the “soul?” You Pharisees take great pains to cleanse the “body,” under a pretence of pleasing “God.” Did “he”” not also make the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-54Verses 37-54 We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4139-41. cup and platter--remarkable example of our Lord's way of drawing the most striking illustrations of great truths from the most familiar objects and incidents of life. ravening--rapacity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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