Luke 11:37-39 And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee sought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.… In Queen Elizabeth's time, the way in which they cleaned out the halt of a castle, the floor of which might be covered with remnants of food and all manner of abominations, was to strew another layer of rushes over the top of the filth, and then they thought themselves quite neat and respectable. And that is what a great many of you do, cover the filth well up with a sweet smelling layer of conventional proprieties and think yourselves clean, and the pinks of perfection. (A. Maclaren, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.WEB: Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table. |
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