Luke 11:39

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

So the Lord said to him: You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but on the inside you are greedy and evil.

Cross References

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind.

Titus 1:15

Everything is pure for someone whose heart is pure. But nothing is pure for an unbeliever with a dirty mind. That person's mind and conscience are destroyed.

Acts 5:3

Peter said, “Why has Satan made you keep back some of the money from the sale of the property? Why have you lied to the Holy Spirit?

Matthew 15:19

Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others.

Matthew 7:15

Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you.

Proverbs 30:12

others think they are perfect, but they are stained by sin.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Galatians 1:14

I was a much better Jew than anyone else my own age, and I obeyed every law our ancestors had given us.

John 12:6

Judas did not really care about the poor. He asked this because he carried the moneybag and sometimes would steal from it.

Luke 16:15

But Jesus told them: You are always making yourselves look good, but God sees what is in your heart. The things that most people think are important are worthless as far as God is concerned.

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw the woman, he felt sorry for her and said, “Don't cry!”

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are roaring lions, its judges are wolves; in the evening they attack, by morning nothing is left.

Ezekiel 22:27

Israel's officials are like ferocious wolves, ripping their victims apart. They make a dishonest living by injuring and killing people.

Ezekiel 22:25

Their leaders are like roaring lions, tearing apart their victims. They put people to death, then steal everything of value. Husbands are killed, and many women are left as widows.

Jeremiah 4:14

But Jerusalem, there is still time for you to be saved. Wash the evil from your hearts and stop making sinful plans,

Proverbs 26:25

than can be counted— so don't believe a word!

Psalm 22:13

My enemies are like lions roaring and attacking with jaws open wide.

2 Chronicles 25:2

Even though Amaziah obeyed the Lord by doing right, he refused to be completely faithful.

2 Timothy 3:5

Even though they will make a show of being religious, their religion won't be real. Don't have anything to do with such people.

John 13:2

Even before the evening meal started, the devil had made Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, decide to betray Jesus.

Proverbs 26:23

Hiding hateful thoughts behind smooth talk is like coating a clay pot with a cheap glaze.