Luke 11:28-54 And he said: Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁸ And he said: Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. ²⁹ And when the multitudes were crowded together, he began to say: This is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, and no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. ³⁰ For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of man shall also be to this generation. ³¹ The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; for she came from the most distant parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, something greater than Solomon is here. ³² The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; for they repented in accordance with the preaching of Jonah; and lo. something greater than Jonah is here. ³³ No one, when he has lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, nor under the measure, but upon the lamp-stand, that those who come in may see the light. ³⁴ The lamp of the body is the eye; when, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body also is light; but if it be diseased, your body also is dark. ³⁵ Take heed, therefore, lest the light that is in you be darkness. ³⁶ If, therefore, your whole body is light, having no part dark, the whole shall be light, as when a lamp, by its brightness, gives you light. ³⁷ And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. And he went in and reclined at table. ³⁸ And when the Pharisee saw it, he wondered that he had not first immersed himself before dinner. ³⁹ And the Lord said to him: Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Senseless men, did not he who made the outside, make the inside also? ⁴¹ But give as charity the contents of the cup, and behold, all things are clean for you. ⁴² But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone. ⁴³ Alas for you, Pharisees! for you love the chief seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. ⁴⁴ Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves that are not seen; and men that walk over them know it not. ⁴⁵ And one of the lawyers answered and said to him: Teacher, in saying these things, you reproach us also. ⁴⁶ He replied: Alas for you, lawyers, also! for you bind upon men burdens hard to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers, ⁴⁷ Alas for you! for you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ Therefore you attest and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers. ⁴⁹ For this reason also the Wisdom of God said: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and persecute, ⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple; yes, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation. ⁵² Alas for you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not go in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you prevented. ⁵³ And when he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very angry, and to put questions to him about many things, ⁵⁴ trying to entrap him, and seeking to lay hold on something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.