34. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is full of darkness.
35. Therefore, see to it that the light in you isn’t darkness.
36. If your whole body is full of light—with no part darkened—then it will be as full of light as when a lamp shines brightly on you."
37. While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to share a meal with him, so Jesus went and took his place at the table.
38. When the Pharisee saw that Jesus didn’t ritually purify his hands by washing before the meal, he was astonished.
39. The Lord said to him, “Now, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and platter, but your insides are stuffed with greed and wickedness.
40. Foolish people! Didn’t the one who made the outside also make the inside?
41. Therefore, give to those in need from the core of who you are and you will be clean all over.
42. “How terrible for you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and garden herbs of all kinds, while neglecting justice and love for God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
43. “How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the most prominent seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
44. "How terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk on them without recognizing it."
45. One of the legal experts responded, "Teacher, when you say these things, you are insulting us too."