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The Book of Luke, Chapter 11, Verse 40

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39
And the Lord said unto him, ‹Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.›
King James Version
[Ye] ‹fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?›
American Standard Version
Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
New English Translation
So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!
World English Bible
You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?
41
‹But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.›
42
‹But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›
43
‹Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.›
44
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over› [them] ‹are not aware› [of them].
45
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
46
And he said, ‹Woe unto you also,› [ye] ‹lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.›
47
‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.›
48
‹Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.›
49
‹Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and› [some] ‹of them they shall slay and persecute:›
50
‹That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;›