Luke 11:38 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The Pharisee noticed and was astonished [to see] that Jesus did not first wash before dinner.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.

Common English Bible

When the Pharisee saw that Jesus didn’t ritually purify his hands by washing before the meal, he was astonished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself: "Why might it be that he has not washed before eating?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner.

Luke 11:38 Cross References

Matthew 8:10

When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.

Luke 11:37

While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table.

John 3:25

Now a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.