39. So the Lord said to him:You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but on the inside you are greedy and evil.
40. You fools! Didn't God make both the outside and the inside?
41. If you would only give what you have to the poor, everything you do would please God.
42. You Pharisees are in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your gardens, such as mint and rue. But you cheat people, and you don't love God. You should be fair and kind to others and still give a tenth to God.
43. You Pharisees are in for trouble! You love the front seats in the meeting places, and you like to be greeted with honour in the market.
44. But you are in for trouble! You are like unmarked graves that people walk on without even knowing it.
45. A teacher of the Law of Moses spoke up, “Teacher, you said cruel things about us.”
46. Jesus replied:You teachers are also in for trouble! You load people down with heavy burdens, but you won't lift a finger to help them carry the loads.
47. Yes, you are really in for trouble. You build monuments to honour the prophets your own people murdered long ago.
48. You must think that was the right thing for your people to do, or else you would not have built monuments for the prophets they murdered.
49. Because of your evil deeds, the Wisdom of God said, “I will send prophets and apostles to you. But you will murder some and ill-treat others.”
50. You people living today will be punished for all the prophets who have been murdered since the beginning of the world.