⁴⁰ They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

³⁹ Then the Lord^(A) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.^{(B) 40} You foolish people!^(C) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,^(D) and everything will be clean for you.^(E)

⁴² “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth^(F) of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.^(G) You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.^(H)

⁴⁴ “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves,^(A) which people walk over without knowing it.”

⁵² “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”^(A)

⁴⁷ They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”