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38 Jesus did not wash his hands before he ate the meal. This surprised the Pharisee. 39 So the Lord Jesus said to him, ‘You Pharisees are like someone who only cleans the outside of his cup and his plate. You only clean the part that people can see. But inside, your mind is full of bad thoughts.[a] You like to take things from other people. 40 What fools you are! God made the inside of you as well as the outside. He knows all about you.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:39 Jesus was speaking about the things that other people cannot see. The Pharisees thought about the part that other people could see. But God sees the reason why we do things.