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Woes to Pharisees and Experts in the Law

Luke 11:40

In 9 translations

BSB
You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
KJV
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
WEB
You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
ASV
Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
LSV
Unthinking [ones]! Did He who made the outside not also make the inside?
YLT
unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?
DBY
Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?
DRC
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without, make also that which is within?
GNV
Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἄφρονες, οὐχ ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔξωθεν καὶ τὸ ἔσωθεν ἐποίησεν;
RP2018
Ἄφρονες, οὐχ ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔξωθεν καὶ τὸ ἔσωθεν ἐποίησεν;
TR-Boyd
Ἄφρονες, οὐχ ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔξωθεν καὶ τὸ ἔσωθεν ἐποίησε;
SCR1894
αφρονες ουχ ο ποιησας το εξωθεν και το εσωθεν εποιησεν

Who and where

◆ Woes and Parables with Pharisees

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  • 1 Corinthians 15:36You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
  • Proverbs 8:5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
  • Psalms 94:8–9Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise? He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
  • Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
  • Matthew 23:17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
  • Matthew 23:26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
  • Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
  • Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
  • Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
  • Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
  • Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  • Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  • Psalms 75:4–5I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn. Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
  • Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
  • Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

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