11:37 說話的時候，有一個法利賽人請耶穌同他吃飯，耶穌就進去坐席。
11:38 這法利賽人看見耶穌飯前不洗手便詫異。
11:39 主對他說：「如今你們法利賽人洗淨杯盤的外面，你們裡面卻滿了勒索和邪惡。
11:40 無知的人哪，造外面的，不也造裡面嗎？
11:41 只要把裡面的施捨給人，凡物於你們就都潔淨了。
11:42 「你們法利賽人有禍了！因為你們將薄荷、芸香並各樣菜蔬獻上十分之一，那公義和愛上帝的事反倒不行了。這原是你們當行的；那也是不可不行的。
11:43 你們法利賽人有禍了！因為你們喜愛會堂裡的首位，又喜愛人在街市上問你們的安。
11:44 你們有禍了！因為你們如同不顯露的墳墓，走在上面的人並不知道。」
11:45 律法師中有一個回答耶穌說：「夫子！你這樣說也把我們糟蹋了。」
11:46 耶穌說：「你們律法師也有禍了！因為你們把難擔的擔子放在人身上，自己一個指頭卻不肯動。
11:47 你們有禍了！因為你們修造先知的墳墓，那先知正是你們的祖宗所殺的。
11:48 可見你們祖宗所做的事，你們又證明又喜歡；因為他們殺了先知，你們修造先知的墳墓。
11:49 所以上帝用智慧（用智慧：或譯的智者）曾說：『我要差遣先知和使徒到他們那裡去，有的他們要殺害，有的他們要逼迫』，
11:50 使創世以來所流眾先知血的罪都要問在這世代的人身上，
11:51 就是從亞伯的血起，直到被殺在壇和殿中間撒迦利亞的血為止。我實在告訴你們，這都要問在這世代的人身上。
11:52 你們律法師有禍了！因為你們把知識的鑰匙奪了去，自己不進去，正要進去的人你們也阻擋他們。」
11:53 耶穌從那裡出來，文士和法利賽人就極力地催逼他，引動他多說話，
11:54 私下窺聽，要拿他的話柄。
37As Jesus was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal. So he went in and took his place at the table. 38His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish custom. 39Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and wickedness! 40Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside? 41So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over.
42“What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.
43“What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces. 44Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”
45“Teacher,” said an expert in religious law, “you have insulted us, too, in what you just said.”
46“Yes,” said Jesus, “what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease the burden. 47What sorrow awaits you! For you build monuments for the prophets your own ancestors killed long ago. 48But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments! 49This is what God in his wisdom said about you: ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.’
50“As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world—51from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be charged against this generation.
52“What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”
53As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions. 54They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.
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我們不要以為這是主耶穌責備法利賽人而已，更是主耶穌要教導我們做教會領袖要避免的事情。用這樣的心態來閱讀，就不會讓我們在教會成為異類，不服從牧長等治理教會的人，可以和教會弟兄姊妹好好相處，不會成為好批評的人。而且，每位在信仰上努力追求的人，在教會是有機會成為領袖的，學習做一個好的領袖是件榮耀上帝與使人得益處的事情。
主耶穌在此指出教會領袖不是守表面的規矩就夠了，正如十一奉獻、殷勤聚會、努力服事，作一些外表人看得見的事，更要在內心尋求上帝所喜悅的，就是行正義和愛上帝的事情。這是聖經常常提到的，尤其是先知書常常論及的，這也就是要以上帝藉摩西所頒布的十誡做為我們生活行事的引導。在舊約時代先知不斷的提，下場就是被殺害！因為有權有勢的人，仗著自己有辦法來欺壓弱勢的人，得罪上帝不打緊，更是將上帝所差遣的代言人殺害，所以招惹上帝的怒氣！
古時的狀況也發生在耶穌的時代，尤其是這些法利賽人，表面做好人，實際上是欺壓弱勢的人，以趕離會堂為理由，對人予祈予求，要人給他們各樣的利益，作威作福，和古時殺害先知的人沒有兩樣！
除了法利賽人如此，律法師也是想盡辦法用道裡之便，規定東、規定西，使人不小心犯規，就乘職位之便，要求人要東做西做一些聖經沒有規定的事情，好使犯規的人良心獲得安慰，這就好像古時天主教的做法，如：贖罪卷、聖物崇拜、各種名目之奉獻，最後中飽私囊。
而主耶穌這段話也讓宗教改革領袖清楚教會的治理原則，教導跟隨的人，做教會的領袖是要依照聖經的教導來治理教會，而不是讓教會或牧者的權力凌駕在聖經教導之上，造成教會和牧者的腐敗。要是教會或牧者遵守聖經的原則，對於教會的發展和信徒的培育是非常有幫助的，不可忽視！
親愛的弟兄姊妹，我們都有機會成為教會治理的人，要切記主耶穌在這裡的教導。而信徒在選舉長執和牧者時，也要以這樣的原則來審核，不要受人操弄。選到不是當的治理者，會免造成將來的後悔！在人人皆祭司的教會，更是要注重自己神聖的決定。
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