Luke 11:40

Amplified Bible

"You foolish ones [acting without reflection or intelligence]! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Fools!

King James Version (1611)
Yee fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

King James Version
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

English Standard Version
You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

New American Standard Bible
"You foolish ones, did He who made the outside not make the inside also?

New Century Version
You foolish people! The same one who made what is outside also made what is inside.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

Legacy Standard Bible
You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

Berean Standard Bible
You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

Contemporary English Version
You fools! Didn't God make both the outside and the inside?

Complete Jewish Bible
Fools! Didn't the One who made the outside make the inside too?

Darby Translation
Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?

Easy-to-Read Version
You are foolish! The same one who made what is outside also made what is inside.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

George Lamsa Translation
O you shortsighted, did not he who made the outside also make the inside?

Good News Translation
Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?

Lexham English Bible
Fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Literal Translation
Fools! Did not He who made the outside also make the inside?

American Standard Version
Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

Bible in Basic English
O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?

Hebrew Names Version
You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?

International Standard Version
You fools! The one who made the outside made the inside, too, didn't he?

Etheridge Translation
Wanting in understanding ! did not he who made that which is without, make also that which is within?

Murdock Translation
Ye deficient in understanding! did not he who made the exterior, make also the interior?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye fooles, dyd not he that made that whiche is without, make that which is within also?

English Revised Version
Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

World English Bible
You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Ye unthinking men, did not he that made the outside, make the inside also?

Weymouth's New Testament
Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Foolis, whether he that made that that is withoutenforth, made not also that that is with ynne?

Update Bible Version
You foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

Webster's Bible Translation
[Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

New English Translation
You fools! Didn't the one who made the outside make the inside as well?

New King James Version
Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

New Living Translation
Fools! Didn't God make the inside as well as the outside?

New Life Bible
You are foolish. Did not He that made the outside make the inside also?

New Revised Standard
You fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Simple ones! Did not, he who made the outside, the inside also, make?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make also that which is within?

Revised Standard Version
You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye foles dyd not he that made that which is without: make that which is within also?

Young's Literal Translation
unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye fooles, is a thinge made cleane within, because the outsyde is clensed?

Mace New Testament (1729)
do you stupidly imagine that he, who made the outward man, did not make the inward too?

Simplified Cowboy Version
You're all a bunch of fools. If the Boss made the outside, didn't he make the inside too?

Contextual Overview

³⁷Now after Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him. He went in [the Pharisee's home] and reclined at the table [without ceremonially washing His hands]. ³⁸The Pharisee noticed this and was surprised that Jesus did not first ceremonially wash before the meal. ³⁹But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and plate [as required by tradition]; but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. ⁴⁰"You foolish ones [acting without reflection or intelligence]! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?⁴¹"But give that which is within as charity [that is, acts of mercy and compassion, not as a public display, but as an expression of your faithfulness to God], and then indeed all things are clean for you. ⁴²"But woe (judgment is coming) to you Pharisees, because you [self-righteously] tithe mint and rue and every [little] garden herb [tending to all the minutiae], and yet disregard and neglect justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done, without neglecting the others. ⁴³"Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the best seats in the synagogues and to be respectfully greeted in the market places. ⁴⁴"Woe to you! For you are like graves which are unmarked, and people walk over them without being aware of it [and are ceremonially unclean]." ⁴⁵One of the lawyers [an expert in the Mosaic Law] answered Him, "Teacher, by saying this, You insult us too!" ⁴⁶But He said, "Woe to you lawyers as well, because you weigh men down with burdens [man-made rules, unreasonable requirements] which are hard to bear, and you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers [to lighten the load].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fools: Luke 12:20, Luke 24:25, Psalms 14:1, Psalms 75:4, Psalms 75:5, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 8:5, Jeremiah 5:21, Matthew 23:17, Matthew 23:26, 1 Corinthians 15:36

did: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:7, Numbers 16:22, Psalms 33:15, Psalms 94:9, Zechariah 12:1, Hebrews 12:9

Reciprocal: Psalms 45:13 - all glorious Proverbs 30:12 - that are Isaiah 26:21 - also Isaiah 55:7 - his thoughts Ezekiel 13:3 - foolish Zechariah 11:15 - a foolish Matthew 5:20 - exceed Matthew 12:33 - General Matthew 23:25 - for 2 Corinthians 7:1 - let James 4:8 - purify 1 Peter 3:4 - the hidden

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without,.... That is, made clean that which is without, or the outside of the cup and platter;

make that which is within also? does not he make the inside clean likewise? whoever washes a cup or platter, but washes and makes clean the inside, as well as the outside? and so ye who are so very careful to have your cups and platters clean, should be as careful what you put in them, that they are clean also; not only that they are clean according to the law, in a ceremonial sense, but in a moral sense, that they are honestly and lawfully got. The word,

ποιεω, rendered "made" and "make", answers to the Hebrew word

עשה, which sometimes signifies to beautify and adorn, and to cleanse, and remove away filth, as by paring nails, and washing the feet; so in Deuteronomy 21:12 it is said of a captive woman that a man takes into his house for his wife, among other things, ועשתה, "she shall make her nails"; that is, "pare" them, as we render it, and remove the filth from them. Again, in 2 Samuel 19:24 it is said of Mephibosheth, that from the day king David departed, he had not,

עשה, "made his feet"; that is, as the Targum renders it,

לא שטף, "he had not washed his feet"; and so other Jewish interpreters understand it, either of his having not washed his feet, much less his whole body w, or of not having pared his nails x; and so the Vulgate Latin renders it, that he came to meet the king "with unwashen feet"; which may serve to illustrate and confirm the sense before given: though interpreters generally understand this of God, as the maker of the soul, as well as of the body; and therefore the purity of the former should be regarded, as well as that of the latter.

w R. David Kimchi and Rabbenu Isaiah in loc. Vid Jarchi in ib. x R. Levi ben Gersom in ib.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye fools - How unwise and wicked is your conduct! The word denotes not only “want of wisdom,” but also wickedness. Compare Psalms 14:1; Proverbs 13:19; Proverbs 14:9. Your conduct is not merely “foolish,” but it is a cloak for sin - designed to countenance wickedness.

Did not he ... - Did not God, who made the “body,” make also the “soul?” You Pharisees take great pains to cleanse the “body,” under a pretence of pleasing “God.” Did “he”” not also make the “mind?” and is it not of as much importance that “that” should be pure, as that the body should?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 40. Did not he that made that which is without — Did not the maker of the dish form it so, both outwardly and inwardly, as to answer the purpose for which it was made? And can it answer this purpose without being clean in the inside as well as on the outside? God has made you such, both as to your bodies and souls, as he intended should show forth his praise; but can you think that the purpose of God can be accomplished by you while you only attend to external legal purifications, your hearts being full of rapine and wickedness? How unthinking are you to imagine that God can be pleased with this outward purification, when all within is unholy!