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Luke 11:34-46 Good News Bible (GNB)

34. Your eyes are like a lamp for the body. When your eyes are sound, your whole body is full of light; but when your eyes are no good, your whole body will be in darkness.

35. Make certain, then, that the light in you is not darkness.

36. If your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be bright all over, as when a lamp shines on you with its brightness.”

37. When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and sat down to eat.

38. The Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus had not washed before eating.

39. So the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.

40. Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?

41. But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you.

42. “How terrible for you Pharisees! You give God a tenth of the seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practise, without neglecting the others.

43. “How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the reserved seats in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the market places.

44. How terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves which people walk on without knowing it.”

45. One of the teachers of the Law said to him, “Teacher, when you say this, you insult us too!”

46. Jesus answered, “How terrible also for you teachers of the Law! You put loads on people's backs which are hard to carry, but you yourselves will not stretch out a finger to help them carry those loads.

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