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Luke 11:37-52

While he was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him; so he went
in and took his place at the table.  The Pharisee was amazed to see that
he did not first wash before dinner.  Then the Lord said to him, "Now you
Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are
full of greed and wickedness.  You fools!  Did not the one who made the
outside make the inside also?  So give for alms those things that are
within; and see, everything will be clean for you.

"But woe to you Pharisees!  For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all
kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to
have practiced, without neglecting the others.  Woe to you Pharisees!  For
you love to have the seat of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted
with respect in the marketplaces.  Woe to you!  For you are like unmarked
graves, and people walk over them without realizing it."

One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you
insult us too."  And he said, "Woe also to you lawyers!  For you load
people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger
to ease them.  Woe to you!  For you build the tombs of the prophets whom
your ancestors killed.  So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of
your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and
apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,' so that this
generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since
the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of
Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.  Yes, I tell
you, it will be charged against this generation.  Woe to you lawyers!  For
you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves,
and you hindered those who were entering."