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Woes to Pharisees and Experts in the Law

Luke 11:38

In 9 translations

BSB
But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
KJV
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
WEB
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
ASV
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.
LSV
and the Pharisee having seen, wondered that He did not first immerse Himself before the early meal.
YLT
and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
DBY
But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.
DRC
And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner.
GNV
And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ δὲ Φαρισαῖος ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασεν ὅτι οὐ πρῶτον ἐβαπτίσθη πρὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου.
RP2018
Ὁ δὲ Φαρισαῖος ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασεν ὅτι οὐ πρῶτον ἐβαπτίσθη πρὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ δὲ Φαρισαῖος ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασεν ὅτι οὐ πρῶτον ἐβαπτίσθη πρὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου.
SCR1894
ο δε φαρισαιος ιδων εθαυμασεν οτι ου πρωτον εβαπτισθη προ του αριστου

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◆ Woes and Parables with Pharisees

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 15:2–3“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.” Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
  • Mark 7:2–5and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands…
  • John 3:25Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

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