Luke 11:29-54 ▼

29 And the multitudes crowding together on Him, He began to say, “This generation is evil, it seeks after a sign, and a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

30 for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

31 A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, [One] greater than Solomon [is] here!

32 Men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they converted at the proclamation of Jonah; and behold, [One] greater than Jonah [is] here!

33 And no one having lighted a lamp, puts [it] in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lampstand, that those coming in may behold the light.

34 The lamp of the body is the eye, when then your eye may be simple, your whole body is also lightened; and when it may be evil, your body is also darkened;

35 take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in you is darkness;

36 if then your whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole will be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give you light.”

37 And in [His] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking Him that He might dine with him, and having gone in, He reclined,

38 and the Pharisee having seen, wondered that He did not first immerse Himself before the early meal.

39 And the LORD said to him, “Now you, the Pharisees, make the outside of the cup and of the plate clean, but your inward part is full of robbery and wickedness.

40 Unthinking [ones]! Did He who made the outside not also make the inside?

41 But what you have given [as] alms, and behold, all things are clean to you.

42 But woe to you, the Pharisees, because you tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and you pass by the judgment and the love of God; these things [you] should do, and those not to be neglecting.

43 Woe to you, the Pharisees, because you love the first seats in the synagogues and the salutations in the marketplaces.

44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.”

45 And one of the lawyers answering, says to Him, “Teacher, saying these things, You also insult us”;

46 and He said, “And to you, the lawyers, woe! Because you burden men with burdens [too] grievous to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

47 Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48 Then you testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs;

49 because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,

50 that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation—

51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, it will be required from this generation.

52 Woe to you, the lawyers, because you took away the key of the knowledge; you yourselves did not enter; and you hindered those coming in.”

53 And in His speaking these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press Him to speak about many things,

54 laying wait for Him, and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.