Luke 11:40

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

38Jesus did not wash his hands before he ate the meal. This surprised the Pharisee. 39So the Lord Jesus said to him, ‘You Pharisees are like someone who only cleans the outside of his cup and his plate. You only clean the part that people can see. But inside, your mind is full of bad thoughts. You like to take things from other people. What fools you are! God made the inside of you as well as the outside. He knows all about you. 41So be ready to give things to poor people. Then you will be really clean, on the inside as well as the outside. 42It will be very bad for you Pharisees! When you grow spices to cook with food, you give a tenth part of these small things to God. You are right to obey this rule. But you do not do the most important things. You do not help people in a good way. You do not really love God. You should have done the important things as well as the other little things.

Luke 11:40 word by word

ἄφρονες, οὐχ ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔξωθεν καὶ τὸ ἔσωθεν ἐποίησεν;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• foolsἄφρωνaphrōn · foolishG878
• didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• notοὐou · noG3756
• that which is withoutἔξωθενexōthen · outsideG1855
• that which is withinἔσωθενesōthen · inwardlyG2081
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for Luke 11:40

• Luke 12:20But then God said to the man, “You are a fool! Tonight you will die. You will have to leave everything behind that you have stored. Somebody else will have them, but you will not!” ’
• Luke 24:25Jesus then said to them, ‘How silly you are! You are very slow to believe everything that God's prophets said long ago.
• Psalms 14:1Only fools say to themselves, ‘There is no God.’ People like that do bad and evil things. None of them do things that are good and right.
• Psalms 75:4I say to people who are proud, ‘Do not be proud.’ I say to wicked people, ‘Do not boast about your power.
• Psalms 94:8Think again, all you fools among the people! Stupid people, become wise!
• Proverbs 1:22‘Listen to me! Will you silly people continue to be so silly? You people who laugh at God, will you always be like that? Will fools always refuse to learn anything?
• Proverbs 8:5You who are silly, learn to be wise! You who are fools, learn to understand what is right.
• Jeremiah 5:21Tell them, “Hear this message, you foolish and stupid people. You have eyes, but you do not see properly. You have ears, but you do not hear properly.” ’
• Matthew 23:17This shows that you are fools. You do not understand what is true. Think about which of these is more important. Is it the gold things in the temple? Or is it the temple itself? It is the temple that makes the gold things special.
• Matthew 23:26Pharisees, you do not see what is true! You must first clean the inside of the cup. Then the outside that people can see will also be clean.
• 1 Corinthians 15:36Do not think like a fool! When you plant a seed in the ground, it has to die first. Then it can become alive again and grow into a new plant.
• Genesis 1:26Then God said, ‘We will make humans so that they are very much like us. They will rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky. They will rule over the farm animals. They will rule over the whole earth and all the animals that move along the ground.’
• Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and he made a man. He breathed air into the nose of the man to give him life. So the man became alive.
• Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron threw themselves on the ground. Their faces were touching the ground. They said, ‘You, our God, are the God who gives life to all people. When one man does a bad thing, will you be angry with all the people? Is that right?’
• Psalms 33:15He made each person and all their thoughts. He knows everything that they do.
• Psalms 94:9God made our ears! Can he himself not hear? He made our eyes! Does he 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

Topics related to Luke 11:40

• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Pharisees
• Reproof
• Satire
• Self-Righteousness
• Teachers

In the dictionaries

• Allow
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• Hinder
• Judgment
• Manner
• Ravening
• Seek
• Sign
• Teach
• Tithe

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