11:33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place 1 or under a basket, 2 but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light. 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, 3 your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, 4 your body is full of darkness. 11:35 Therefore see to it 5 that the light in you 6 is not darkness. 11:36 If 7 then 8 your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, 9 it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.” 10
11:37 As he spoke, 11 a Pharisee 12 invited Jesus 13 to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table. 14 11:38 The 15 Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus 16 did not first wash his hands 17 before the meal. 11:39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean 18 the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 19 11:40 You fools! 20 Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well? 21 11:41 But give from your heart to those in need, 22 and 23 then everything will be clean for you. 24
11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! 25 You give a tenth 26 of your mint, 27 rue, 28 and every herb, yet you neglect justice 29 and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others. 30 11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats 31 in the synagogues 32 and elaborate greetings 33 in the marketplaces! 11:44 Woe to you! 34 You are like unmarked graves, and people 35 walk over them without realizing it!” 36
11:45 One of the experts in religious law 37 answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult 38 us too.” 11:46 But Jesus 39 replied, 40 “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! 41 You load people 42 down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch 43 the burdens with even one of your fingers! 11:47 Woe to you! You build 44 the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors 45 killed. 11:48 So you testify that you approve of 46 the deeds of your ancestors, 47 because they killed the prophets 48 and you build their 49 tombs! 50 11:49 For this reason also the wisdom 51 of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ 11:50 so that this generation may be held accountable 52 for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning 53 of the world, 54 11:51 from the blood of Abel 55 to the blood of Zechariah, 56 who was killed 57 between the altar and the sanctuary. 58 Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against 59 this generation. 11:52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away 60 the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered 61 those who were going in.”
11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law 62 and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, 63 and to ask him hostile questions 64 about many things, 11:54 plotting against 65 him, to catch 66 him in something he might say.