# Luke 11.39

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 37. Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38. And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.
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> **39. And the Lord said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.</span>**
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> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?</span> 41. <span class="rl-speech">But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.</span> (Luke 11:37-41, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 37. Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table. 38. When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
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> **39. The Lord said to him, <span class="rl-speech">“Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.</span>**
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> 40. <span class="rl-speech">You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?</span> 41. <span class="rl-speech">But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.</span> (Luke 11:37-41, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 37. And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38. And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
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> **39. And the Lord said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.</span>**
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> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?</span> 41. <span class="rl-speech">But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. <sup>of: or, as you are able</sup></span> (Luke 11:37-41, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 37. And in [his] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat), 38. and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
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> **39. And the Lord said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">'Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;</span>**
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> 40. <span class="rl-speech">unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?</span> 41. <span class="rl-speech">But what ye have give ye [as] alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.</span> (Luke 11:37-41, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G4314 - pros](/codex/g4314-pros/), *pros*, Strong's G4314
- [G2962 - kyrios](/codex/g2962-kyrios/), *kyrios*, Strong's G2962

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 11.39-52](/codex/luke-11-39-52/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.