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37-38 As he was speaking, one of the Pharisees asked him home for a meal. When Jesus arrived, he sat down to eat without first performing the ceremonial washing required by Jewish custom. This greatly surprised his host.

39 Then Jesus said to him, “You Pharisees wash the outside, but inside you are still dirty—full of greed and wickedness! 40 Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside?

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38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.(A)

39 Then the Lord(B) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.(C) 40 You foolish people!(D) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

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