Matthew 23:26
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You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJerusalem was Israel’s religious center, where Jesus addressed scribes and Pharisees in the temple precincts during his final public ministry. His image of cleansing a cup’s inside exposes outward religious observance without inward repentance, a critique especially weighty in the city’s central place of worship.
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