Luke 11:40

“Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without, etc.] That is, made clean that which is without, or the outside of the cup and platter; make that which is within also? does not he make the inside clean likewise? whoever washes a cup or platter, but washes and makes clean the inside, as well as the outside? and so ye who are so very careful to have your cups and platters clean, should be as careful what you put in them, that they are clean also; not only that they are clean according to the law, in a ceremonial sense, but in a moral sense, that they are honestly and lawfully got. The word, poiew, rendered “made” and “make”, answers to the Hebrew word hç[, which sometimes signifies to…”

“that which is without, &c.--that is, He to whom belongs the outer life, and right to demand its subjection to Himself--is the inner man less His?”

“Ye fools - How unwise and wicked is your conduct! The word denotes not only “want of wisdom,” but also wickedness. Compare Psalms 14:1; Proverbs 13:19; Proverbs 14:9. Your conduct is not merely “foolish,” but it is a cloak for sin - designed to countenance wickedness. Did not he ... - Did not God, who made the “body,” make also the “soul?” You Pharisees take great pains to cleanse the “body,” under a pretence of pleasing “God.” Did “he”” not also make the “mind?” and is it not of as much importance that “that” should be pure, as that the body should? return to 'Top of Page'”

“fools: Luk 12:20, Luk 24:25; Psa 14:1, Psa 75:4, Psa 75:5, Psa 94:8; Pro 1:22, Pro 8:5; Jer 5:21; Mat 23:17; Mat 23:26; Co1 15:36 did: Gen 1:26, Gen 2:7; Num 16:22; Psa 33:15, Psa 94:9; Zac 12:1; Heb 12:9 Luke 11:41”