Luke 11:29-54
The Sign of Jonah
29Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “aThis generation is a wicked generation; it bseeks 1a sign, and yet no 2sign will be given to it but the 3sign of Jonah. 30“For just as aJonah became 1a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31“The aQueen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because athey repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
33“aNo one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34“aThe eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is 1clear, your whole body also is full of light, but when it is 2bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35“Therefore watch out that the light in you is not darkness. 36“If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.”
Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers
37Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have a meal with him. And He went in and reclined at the table. 38But when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first 1,aceremonially washed before the 2meal. 39But athe Lord said to him, “Now byou Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but 1inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. 40“aYou foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? 41“But agive that which is within as charity, and 1then all things are bclean for you.
42“aBut woe to you Pharisees! For you bpay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God, but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. 43“Woe to you Pharisees! For you alove the best seat in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the marketplaces. 44“aWoe to you! For you are like 1concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”
45Now one of the ascholars of the Law answered and said to Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us too.” 46But He said, “Woe to you ascholars of the Law as well! For byou weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47“aWoe to you! For you build the 1tombs of the prophets, but your fathers killed them. 48“So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs. 49“For this reason also athe wisdom of God said, ‘bI will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will 1persecute, 50so that the blood of all the prophets, shed asince the foundation of the world, may be 1charged against this generation, 51from athe blood of Abel to bthe blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be 1charged against this generation.’ 52“Woe to you, ascholars of the Law! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; byou yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.”