Luke 11:45

Easy To Read Version

One of the teachers of the law said to Jesus, “Teacher, when you say these things about the Pharisees, {\cf2\super [211]} you are criticizing our group too.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:8

King Ahab answered, “There is one other prophet. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him. When he speaks for the Lord, he never says anything good for me. He always says things that I don’t like.”

Jeremiah 20:8

Every time I speak, I shout.\par I am always shouting about\par violence and destruction.\par I tell the people about the message\par that I received from the Lord.\par But people only insult me\par and make fun of me.\par

Jeremiah 6:10

Who can I speak to?\par Who can I warn?\par Who will listen to me?\par The people of Israel have closed their ears,\par so they can’t hear my warnings.\par The people don’t like the Lord’s teachings.\par They don’t want to hear his message.\par

Matthew 22:35

One Pharisee was an expert in the law \{of Moses\}. That Pharisee asked Jesus a question to test him.

Luke 11:46

Jesus answered, “It will be bad for you, you teachers of the law! You make strict rules that are very hard for people to obey. {\cf2\super [212]} You try to force other people to obey those rules. But you yourselves don’t even try to follow any of those rules.

Luke 11:52

“It will be bad for you, you teachers of the law. You have taken away the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too.”

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees {\cf2\super [137]} and teachers of the law refused to accept God’s plan for themselves; they did not let John baptize them.)

John 7:48

Have any of the leaders believed in Jesus? No! Have any of us Pharisees believed in him? No!

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you. But the world hates me. Why? Because I tell the people in the world that they do evil things.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [162]} were near Jesus. They heard Jesus say this. They asked, “What? Are you saying that we are blind too?”