37 Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to [1]dine with him: and 38 he went in, and sat down to meat. And when the Pharisee saw it, he 39 marvelled that he had not washed before [1]dinner. And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and 40 wickedness. Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make 41 the inside also? Howbeit give for alms those things which [2]are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you. 42 But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over judgement and the love of God [_see Lev. 27:30; Mic. 6:8_]: but these ought ye to have done, and not to 43 leave the other undone. Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the 44 marketplaces. Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over _them_ know it not. 45 And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, [3]Master, in 46 saying this thou reproachest us also. And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your 48 fathers killed them. So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build _their 49 tombs_. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and _some_ of them they shall kill and 50 persecute; that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah [_see Gen. 4:8; 2 Chron. 24:20-21_], who perished between the altar and the [4]sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this 52 generation. Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 53 And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to [5]press upon _him_ vehemently, and to provoke 54 him to speak of [6]many things; laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth. [Footnote 1: Gr. _breakfast_.] [Footnote 2: Or, _ye can_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _Teacher_.] [Footnote 4: Gr. _house_.] [Footnote 5: Or, _set themselves vehemently against_ him.] [Footnote 6: Or, _more_.] § 108. HE SPEAKS TO HIS DISCIPLES AND A VAST THRONG, ABOUT HYPOCRISY, COVETOUSNESS (PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL), WORLDLY ANXIETIES, WATCHFULNESS (PARABLE OF THE WAITING SERVANTS, AND OF THE WISE STEWARD), AND HIS OWN APPROACHING PASSION[a] Probably in Judea Luke 12