Luke 11:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.

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  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
  • 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God. 21 And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.
  • Ps 22:13 : 13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
  • Prov 26:25 : 25 When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?
  • Ezek 22:25 : 25 Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
  • Matt 12:33-35 : 33 Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree. 34 You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth. 35 The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. 26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
  • Luke 7:13 : 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
  • John 12:6 : 6 (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
  • John 13:2 : 2 So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,
  • Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • Acts 8:21-23 : 21 You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God. 22 Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts. 23 For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.
  • Gal 1:14 : 14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.
  • 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

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