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LUKE 11:31
Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of Man* will be
a sign to these people that he was sent by God.
31 “The queen of Sheba* will stand up against this generation on judgment
day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom
of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse
to listen. 32 The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation
on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the
preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you
refuse to repent.
Receiving the Light
33 “No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket.* Instead,
a lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the
house.
34 “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your
eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is unhealthy,
your body is filled with darkness. 35 Make sure that the light you think you
have is not actually darkness. 36 If you are filled with light, with no dark
corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were
filling you with light.”
Jesus Criticizes the Religious Leaders
37 As Jesus was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal.
So he went in and took his place at the table.* 38 His host was amazed to see
that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony
required by Jewish custom. 39 Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are
so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are
filthy—full of greed and wickedness! 40 Fools! Didn’t God make the inside
as well as the outside? 41 So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and
you will be clean all over.
42 “What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the
tiniest income from your herb gardens,* but you ignore justice and the love
of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.
43 “What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of
honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in
the marketplaces. 44 Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden
graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption
they are stepping on.”
45 “Teacher,” said an expert in religious law, “you have insulted us, too, in
what you just said.”
46 “Yes,” said Jesus, “what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law!
For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never
lift a finger to ease the burden. 47 What sorrow awaits you! For you build
monuments for the prophets your own ancestors killed long ago. 48 But in
fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They
killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments!
49 This is what God in his wisdom said about you:* ‘I will send prophets and
apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.’
50 “As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of
all God’s prophets from the creation of the world— 51 from the murder of
Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the
sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be charged against this generation.
11:30 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. 11:31 Greek The queen of the south.
11:33 Some manuscripts do not include or puts it under a basket. 11:37 Or and reclined.
11:42 Greek tithe the mint, the rue, and every herb. 11:49 Greek Therefore, the wisdom of
God said.
