36. If your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is in darkness, then it will be as full of light as a lamp illuminating you with its brightness.”
37. After he had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat.
38. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
39. The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil.
40. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?
41. But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
42. Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others.
43. Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces.
44. Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.”
45. Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.”
46. And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.
47. Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
48. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building.
49. Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’