Luke 11:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁸ And when the Pharisee observed this, he was surprised that Jesus had not first washed himself ceremonially before the meal.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ The Pharisee noticed and was astonished [to see] that Jesus did not first wash before dinner.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.

Common English Bible

³⁸ When the Pharisee saw that Jesus didn’t ritually purify his hands by washing before the meal, he was astonished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ 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

³⁸ And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner.

Luke 11:38 Cross References

Matthew 8:10

And when Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following [along], “It is true when I tell to you, I have never found [anyone with] such great faith, not [even] among the Israelites.

Luke 11:37

Now while Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] invited Him to have a meal with him. So, Jesus went in [to his house] and reclined [at the dinner table]. [Note: See Matt. 23:6].

John 3:25

[About then] a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew over ceremonial cleansing.