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   38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed   
   before dinner.   
   39 Then the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup   
   and the dish. But inside you are full of extortion and wickedness.   
   40 (Lk 12:20; 1Co 15:36) You fools! Did not he who made the outside   
   make the inside also?   
   41 (Lk 12:33; 16:9) But give alms from what is within.   
   And then all things are clean to you.   
   42 (Mt 23:23; Lk 18:12; Mic 6:8) "Woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint   
   and rue and every herb and pass over justice and the love of God.   
   These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.   
   43 (Lk 20:46; Mk 12:38-39) "Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the prominent   
   seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.   
   44 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unseen   
   graves, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them."   
   45 One of the lawyers answered, "Teacher, by saying these things   
   You insult us also."   
   46 He said, "Woe to you also, you lawyers! For you load men with burdens   
   difficult to carry, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens   
   with one of your fingers.   
   47 (Mt 23:29-33) "Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets,   
   and your fathers killed them.   
   48 So you are witnesses and entirely approve the deeds of your fathers,   
   because they killed them, and you build their tombs.   
   49 (1Co 1:30; Col 2:3) Therefore also the wisdom of God said,   
   'I will send them prophets and apostles,   
   and some of them they will kill and persecute,'   
   50 that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the beginning of the world,   
   may be required from this generation,   
   51 (Mt 23:35; Heb 11:4) from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah,   
   who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary.   
   Yes, I tell you, it shall be required from this generation.   
   52 (Mt 23:13; Mal 2:7) "Woe to you, lawyers! For you have taken away   
   the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered   
   those who were entering."   
   53 As He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees   
   began to incite Him vehemently   
   and angrily draw Him out concerning many things,   
   54 (Mk 12:13; Mt 22:15) lying in wait for Him and seeking to catch   
   something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.   
      
   [37] And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and   
   he went in, and sat down to meat.   
   [38] And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed   
   before dinner.   
   [39] And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside   
   of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and   
   wickedness.   
   [40] Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is   
   within also?   
   [41] But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things   
   are clean unto you.   
   [42] But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner   
   of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have   
   done, and not to leave the other undone.   
   [43] Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the   
   synagogues, and greetings in the markets.   
   [44] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves   
   which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.   
   [45] Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus   
   saying thou reproachest us also.   
   [46] And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! 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 sepulchres of the prophets, and your   
   fathers killed them.   
   [48] Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they   
   indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.   
   [49] Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and   
   apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:   
   [50] 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 Zacharias, which perished   
   between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be   
   required of this generation.   
   [52] Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye   
   entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.   
   [53] And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees   
   began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:   
   [54] Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth,   
   that they might accuse him.   
      
   Luke 12:1-34   
      
   A Warning Against Hypocrisy   
      
   1 (Jas 3:17; 1Co 5:7-8) Meanwhile, when thousands of the crowd were   
   assembled, so as to trample on one another, He began to say to His   
   disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees,   
   which is hypocrisy.   
   2 (Mk 4:22; Lk 8:17) For there is nothing covered that will not be   
   revealed, or hidden that will not be known.   
   3 (Mt 10:27) Therefore what you have said in the darkness will be   
   heard in the light. And what you have whispered in the ear in private   
   rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.   
      
   [1] In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable   
   multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to   
   say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the   
   Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.   
   [2] For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid,   
   that shall not be known.   
   [3] Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the   
   light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be   
   proclaimed upon the housetops.   
      
   Whom to Fear   
   Mt 10:28-31   
      
   4 (Jer 1:8; 1Pe 3:14) "I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid   
   of those who kill the body, and after that can do no more.   
   5 (Ps 9:17; Mt 10:28) But I will warn you whom you shall fear:   
   Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell.   
   Yes, I say to you, fear Him.   
   6 (Mt 10:29) Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies   
   (Gk. 2 assaria. An assarion was worth 1/16 of a denarius, which was a day's   
   wage.)? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.   
   7 (1Sa 14:45; Mt 6:26) Indeed, even the hairs of your head   
   are all numbered. Therefore do not fear.   
   You are more valuable than many sparrows.   
      
   [4] And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body,   
   and after that have no more that they can do.   
   [5] But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he   
   hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.   
   [6] Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is   
   forgotten before God?   
   [7] But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not   
   therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.   
      
   Confessing Christ Before Men   
   Mt 10:19-20, 32-33; 12:32   
      
   8 (Lk 15:10; Ro 10:9-10) "I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men,   
   him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God.   
   9 (Mk 8:38; 2Ti 2:12) But he who denies Me before men will be denied   
   before the angels of God. < Atheists beware>   
   10 (Mt 12:31-32; 1Jn 5:16; 1Ti 1:13) And everyone who speaks   
   a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven,   
   but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.   
   11 (Mt 23:34) "When they bring you to the synagogues, rulers,   
   and authorities, do not be anxious how you will answer or what you will say.   
      
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