God’s Word Translation
Luke 11:40
40You fools! Didn’t the one 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
38The Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus didn’t wash before the meal. 39The Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes. But inside you are full of greed and evil. You fools! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside too? 41Give what is inside as a gift to the poor, and then everything will be clean for you. 42“How horrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give ⌞God⌟ one-tenth of your mint, spices, and every garden herb. But you have ignored justice and the love of God. You should have done these things without ignoring the others.
Read all of Luke 11Luke 11:40 word by word
ἄφρονες, οὐχ ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔξωθεν καὶ τὸ ἔσωθεν ἐποίησεν;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Luke 11:40
- Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! I will demand your life from you tonight! Now who will get what you’ve accumulated?’
- Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are! You’re so slow to believe everything the prophets said!
- Psalms 14:1Godless fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They do disgusting things. There is no one who does good things.
- Psalms 75:4I said to those who brag, “Don’t brag,” and to wicked people, “Don’t raise your weapons.
- Psalms 94:8Pay attention, you stupid people! When will you become wise, you fools?
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you gullible people love being so gullible? How long will you mockers find joy in your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5You gullible people, learn how to be sensible. You fools, get a heart that has understanding.
- Jeremiah 5:21Hear this, you stupid and senseless people! You have eyes, but you cannot see. You have ears, but you cannot hear.
- Matthew 23:17You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the temple that made the gold holy?
- Matthew 23:26You blind Pharisees! First clean the inside of the cups and dishes so that the outside may also be clean.
- 1 Corinthians 15:36You fool! The seed you plant doesn’t come to life unless it dies first.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the domestic animals all over the earth, and all the animals that crawl on the earth.”
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the earth and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.
- Numbers 16:22Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground and said, “O God, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone! If one man sins, will you be angry with the whole community?”
- Psalms 33:15The one who formed their hearts understands everything they do.
- Psalms 94:9God created ears. Do you think he can’t hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he can’t 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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